Fu Shanhe

Chapter 24: Scholars Make Trouble
After leaving the Marquis' Mansion, Li Mu did not rush back to the Qianhu Office, but chose to leave work early.

Just because Marquis Wuyang agreed doesn't mean the business can be started immediately. It also requires the cooperation of the East Factory.

In fact, if the East Factory had a better reputation, Li Mu would not have been able to intervene in this business.

The reason why the Wucheng Bingmasi was needed as a middleman was largely because the Dongchang had a very poor reputation.

Everyone is afraid that as soon as they pay the money, they will be targeted.

In the redemption business, Wucheng Bingmasi seems to earn the intermediary fee, but in fact it earns the credit endorsement fee.

It’s not a good deal if you’re the one who’s trying to get ahead.

He will not take any action until the East Factory gives positive feedback.

If you show too much eagerness, those greedy guys will ask for a sky-high ransom and you won’t be able to do business.

"Down with the eunuch party!"

"Down with the eunuch party!"

"Down with the eunuch party!"

……

Looking in the direction where the sound came from, I saw a group of students holding up the tablet of Confucius and shouting slogans as they walked towards the imperial palace.

"Turn around and take a detour!"

Li Mu made a prompt decision and gave instructions to the servants.

Reason told him that things were going to be bad.

The group of scholars in front of him were obviously instigated by someone.

Openly clamoring to overthrow the eunuch party is completely challenging the bottom line of the eunuch group.

If left unchecked, the power that the eunuch party has just established will disappear into thin air in an instant.

Without fear, the Qingliu Party members who had been silent will inevitably become active again.

As one side gains strength while the other loses strength, the eunuch party's advantage in the court will soon turn into a disadvantage.

No matter what, the eunuchs would not let the matter be brought to the emperor's attention.

Li Mu did not think that the eunuch party would sit idly by and wait for death because they were worried that the impact of taking action against the scholars would be too bad.

It is estimated that the factory guards have already gathered their troops, and it won’t be long before the streets will be flooded with blood.

Deep down in his heart, after feeling sympathy for these deceived students, he quickly regained his rationality.

As adults, you need to be responsible for your own choices.

The last time scholars held up the tablets of saints and petitioned the emperor was a hundred years ago.

Afterwards, the emperor was furious and the court was purged, with many people involved being killed.

The scene before us clearly shows that lessons have not been learned.

Things have come to this point, and the party dispute that was originally about to be ended will most likely be put on hold.

The subsequent storm of public opinion will definitely put the eunuch party in the spotlight.

If the Qingliu Party gave it a push, the anti-eunuch wave would likely spread from the capital to the local areas.

They were at a disadvantage in the court struggle, but the situation was different when they reached the local level.

The Qingliu Party, which has a broad gentry base, will not be afraid of the eunuch party in their own home.

After sorting out his thoughts, Li Mu felt a deep disgust towards the guy who had messed up all this.

In order to fight for power, a group of ignorant students were sent to their deaths.

If such a person with no bottom line were to reach the pinnacle of power, it would definitely be a disaster for the Dayu Dynasty.

……

"What are you standing there for? Catch him now!"

Zuo Tianjun, who led the team, angrily scolded his men.

Recently, the East Factory has been in the limelight.

Even their old employer, the Jinyiwei, can only follow them and obey their orders now.

Even if they were high-ranking officials in the imperial court, they would arrest them at will.

There were hundreds of arrested officials, so how could they be afraid of a group of weak scholars?

"Eunuch, they are holding the tablets of saints from the Confucian Temple."

The captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard beside him reminded him.

The Dayu Dynasty ruled the world with Confucianism, and Confucius enjoyed a very respected status both in the court and among the people.

"Bold!
Seeing the saint's tablet, why don't you kneel down? "

The leading scholar spoke first.

The saint's tablet is their greatest reliance. They have finally managed to intimidate these soldiers, but they cannot let them react.

"hehe!
Where did the saint’s tablet come from? Why didn’t I see it?

Who of you saw this? Come with me to the Imperial Prison and have a chat. Is it you?

Or you?
Or is it you? "

"no!"

"I did not see it!"

"I didn't see it either!"

……

The unlucky guy who was called out hurriedly said that he saw nothing, fearing that he would be thrown into prison.

"get out!"

Hearing this sound, the people who were watching the excitement fled in all directions.

"What are you standing there for!
No one has seen the saint's tablet, there must be some evil spirits causing trouble, why don't we quickly capture these evil spirits!"

A good group of scholars were turned into monsters in Zuo Tianjun's mouth.

After the trick of calling a deer a horse got to this point, the soldiers who were originally fearful suddenly regained their courage.

Seeing this scene, the faces of the scholars who came to petition together turned pale instantly.

The shamelessness of the eunuch party made their plan useless.

"Run!"

I don't know who shouted, but the deflated scholars scattered and fled in an instant.

"return!"

"Come back quickly!"

"Can't run!"

……

When disaster strikes, we all fly away.

No matter how the leading scholar shouted, he could not change the situation.

The massive petition campaign turned into a farce, and the arrested scholars suffered a terrible fate.

"Snapped!"

A whip was lashed out, and the leading scholar let out a heart-wrenching scream.

"what!"

It was so painful. It was completely different from what he had expected.

"Take them all back and interrogate them strictly!"

Zuo Tianjun gave the order proudly.

Such a big problem was solved by him easily, and he will definitely get a lot of benefits when he returns.

……

Yushitai.

"My lord, it's time!"

Hearing the reminder from his colleagues, Yue Shufeng, the Left Censor-in-Chief, who was full of thoughts, subconsciously looked up at the sun in the sky.

At this point, the news should have been passed on long ago.

"Oh, you guys go first!

I have some unfinished business, so I need to stay a little longer."

As he spoke, Yue Shufeng pretended to take out an official document and started reading it on the spot.

Everyone looked at each other and tacitly chose to leave.

In recent days, the Censorate has become the hardest hit area for arrests, and Yue Shufeng's cronies have been imprisoned one after another.

The officials who were able to stay safe and sound were either at odds with him, the Left Censor-in-Chief, or were just old-fashioned people who were just trying to get by.

The Censorate had previously made a big fuss about impeaching the eunuch party, but they were just following suit and picking out trivial matters to talk about.

For example: impeaching so-and-so for being late and leaving early by a quarter of an hour on a certain day.

For example: impeaching someone for being untidy on a certain day and having several creases on his official uniform.

Or they might find fault and accuse someone of walking in an irregular pace, etc.

This kind of technical impeachment would not be intercepted by the Imperial Household Department even if the target of impeachment was Zuo Guangen himself, but would be delivered to the emperor as soon as possible.

They were all minor mistakes that were harmless. Even if the emperor wanted to punish them, it would only be a light fine.

For the eunuchs, these impeachments were beneficial and had no disadvantages.

Not only can they demonstrate their broad-mindedness, but they can also let the emperor know that they are not blocking the channels of speech.

(End of this chapter)