The days when I ransacked the house in Jinyiwei

Chapter 47
That night, Xu Yong'an recruited [-] confidant soldiers to load the [-] barrels of gunpowder in the arsenal into a carriage and transport them out.

Chang Feng led them to a certain place at the foot of Mount Tai.

That place is about two miles away from the private houses of the Jiangnan gentry.

Chang Feng ordered: "Brothers, please dig a hole!"

Five hundred soldiers waved their heads and spent half the night digging a huge pit ten feet square and one foot deep.

At the right moment, the gunpowder was neatly stacked in the pit.

Chang Feng ordered people to fill in the soil again, and pulled out a long lead wire.

Liu Jin lit a stick of incense and handed it to Chang Feng: "Chang Baihu, success or failure depends on it."

Chang Feng nodded slightly, and carefully put the middle end of the stick of incense against the wire.This has a delay effect.When half a stick of incense is burned, the incense will light the fuse.

After the arrangement was completed, Chang Feng and the others and the sergeants retreated a mile away!
After half a stick of incense, the fuse is lit and "呵啦啦!"

"boom!"

A thunderous thunder resounded between heaven and earth!
The huge power generated by the explosion of two thousand catties of gunpowder in the earth pit made the doors and windows of the private houses of the Jiangnan gentry tremble slightly.

Inside each private house.

A group of great Confucian scholars who were discussing learning late at night, the teacup in front of them had water ripples.

A group of gentry boys drinking with their arms around the beauty felt the seat shake slightly.The beauties were so scared that they went straight into their arms.

Next, it's Fatty Xu's turn to appear!

Fatty Xu led hundreds of Taishan Guard soldiers and rushed to dozens of private houses.They beat the gong and shouted: "The ground is shaking! The ground is moving! Avoid disaster! Run away! Go to an open place to save your life!"

In the private houses, countless people rushed out like ants.They were afraid that the earthquake would intensify until the house collapsed and their couch was crushed under the rubble.

Chang Feng and Liu Jin also walked over.

A great Confucianist with white hair asked: "Guanjia, what happened?"

Chang Feng replied: "Didn't you hear the shout? Mount Tai trembled! Good guys, you didn't see it in the house just now, the whole Mount Tai trembled three times!"

"Fortunately, Mount Tai didn't fall. If it did, we would all be crushed to pieces!"

Daru was a little surprised: "It seemed that there was a flash of light just now."

The bright light mentioned by the Great Confucianism is the flame produced by the explosion of gunpowder.

Chang Feng lied to him: "It is said in "Bamboo Book Chronicles" that every earthquake must be accompanied by evil lights!"

"Bamboo Book Chronicles" is the earliest monograph on seismology in China.The evil light mentioned in the book is actually the earthquake light.

Daru was surprised: "Ah? Why did it move suddenly."

Chang Feng said: "Looking at your appearance, old man, who has read a lot of poetry and books, you should know Dong Zhongshu's theory of the relationship between heaven and man, right?"

"It must be that there is something unfair in the world, and God is angry!"

At the foot of Mount Tai, hundreds of Jiangnan gentry and their servants and maids struggled all night without daring to close their eyes.She hid overnight in the open space outside the private house.

At dawn, Chang Feng said to them: "Everyone, the strange disaster seems to have passed. Cough, last night was really scary! I saw Mount Tai tremble violently through the moonlight!"

"It should be fine now. Everyone, please go home and rest."

The crowd gradually dispersed.

Without stopping, Chang Feng arrived at the Yamen of Tai'an prefect and found Liu Daxia.

Chang Feng said to Liu Daxia: "Master Liu, let's go to Qufu immediately and discuss a major matter with Duke Yansheng."

Liu Daxia asked, "What's the big deal?"

Chang Feng said: "It is a matter of whether the crown prince can keep his reserve position!"

Liu Daxia knew that Chang Feng was a member of the prince's faction, so he didn't dare to neglect.Follow him on a fast horse to the Yanshenggong Mansion in Qufu, 150 miles away.

That night, Chang Feng and Liu Daxia, who were both busy and dusty, met Kong Hongtai.

Kong Hongtai asked: "It's so late, what can you do with me?"

Chang Feng said: "Last night there was an earthquake in Mount Tai. I would like to ask Yan Shenggong and Lord Liu to lead the way, and jointly write a letter to the imperial court with the great Confucians of the Jiangnan gentry to report the disaster."

Kong Hongtai was at a loss: "A strange disaster?"

Chang Feng said: "That's right. Please state in the memorial that Mount Tai was shaken by this earthquake and disaster. Countless houses collapsed. Tens of thousands of people were displaced and escaped the disaster to save their lives."

Liu Daxia questioned: "What are the collapsed houses and the displacement of tens of thousands of people. How can I, the prefect of Tai'an, not know?"

Chang Feng said: "It's right that you don't know. The strange disaster is a rumor! I need Yan Shenggong and you to make this rumor for me and protect the prince!"

Chang Feng was [-] and told his plan in full.

Kong Hongtai was in a bit of a dilemma: "The Master said, to hear the truth is to abandon virtue. If I spread rumors for you, wouldn't I become a person without virtue who does not respect the teachings of the sages?"

Liu Daxia was also a little hesitant: "That's right. If we follow this script, we will become bullies."

Chang Feng said loudly: "Seeing the treacherous party persecuting the prince, standing by and avoiding it, that is the real great lack and great virtue!"

"The crown prince is Daming's hope! If he is deposed, the imperial court will be completely controlled by Wan Guifei's party. Daming will fall into an eternal night!"

""Zhu Zi Yu Lei" says that the sky does not give birth to Zhongni, and the ages are like a long night."

"Only by protecting the prince can we eradicate the traitorous party, protect the people, and benefit the common people! Light up the long night!"

"This is the righteous way of a sage!"

Chang Feng is a man who is sometimes taciturn and sometimes eloquent.It's frustrating to say that spreading rumors is the righteous way of a sage.

But people like Kong Hongtai and Liu Daxia are just like this.

Kong Hongtai was moved by Chang Feng's words: "That's all! For the sake of the bright future, I will do something against my will and slander once."

Liu Daxia asked: "Changbaihu, are you sure you can keep the crown prince as soon as you report the disaster?"

Chang Feng shook his head slightly: "I can't be sure. It depends on whether the arrangements made by Eunuch Wynn before he was demoted to Nanjing are meticulous!"

three days later.

Kong Hongtai, in his capacity as Duke Yansheng, summoned the gentry from the south of the Yangtze River and the local Confucian scholars in Tai'an Mansion to discuss the matter of reporting the strange disaster.

In fact, in the past three days, the rumors of a strange disaster on Mount Tai have become more and more outrageous.

Some people even said that a dragon split Mount Tai in half that night, and it was the Empress Nuwa who descended to the earth and closed Mount Tai.

The gentry in the south of the Yangtze River also wrote letters to their relatives, friends and disciples in the court, telling their thrilling experiences in the disaster.

Naturally, all these experiences are exaggerated.

When these letters arrive in the capital, the ruling and opposition parties will think that a strange disaster has really occurred on Mount Tai.What is false will become true.

How noble is Yan Shenggong?He took the lead and asked the gentry to join him in the paperwork, and officially reported the disaster to the court.The crowd naturally responded.

Go to the room in front of the Confucian mansion.

Chang Feng held a long joint brochure in his hand.There are more than 400 signatures on it.

Without exception, all of them are people with reputation among scholars.

The first signature is Kong Hongtai, Duke Yansheng, and the second signature is Liu Daxia, the prefect of Tai'an.

Chang Feng looked at this note, as if he was looking at the hope of keeping the position of the crown prince, and also his life and future!
Chang Feng ordered Fatty Xu who came with him: "You and Eunuch Liu immediately take the [-] battalion soldiers and go back to Beijing with this memorial and hand it over to the imperial court!"

Fatty Xu caught the thick fold with both hands.

Chang Feng didn't let go: "Xu Guangzuo, this deal concerns the country. It must be sent back to Beijing safely."

Fatty Xu said: "Master Chang, don't worry, people are coming."

Chang Feng looked at Fatty Xu's leaving back, and said to himself: "The human affairs are exhausted, let's obey the destiny."

(End of this chapter)