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Chapter 120 Counterattack
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On the second day after Jin Yiwei searched Jiangnan Minglou, more than 100 scholars gathered in Nanjing City and wept collectively in the Confucius Temple.

On the third day, there were more than three hundred scholars, and they began to besiege Nanzhen Fusi, Yingtianfu Yamen, and Liubu Yamen.

The reason is very simple, because Jin Yiwei is rampant, the scholar asked Nanzhen Fusi to hand over Tian Wan who was hiding inside.

He asked Ying Tianfu to come forward to arrest the illegal Jinyiwei, and asked Nanjing Six Departments to come forward and punish Tian Wan, the commander of Jinyiwei.

Yang Chao couldn't help being surprised that the scholars were so brutal.

The south of the Yangtze River is rich and prosperous, with many scholars and famous scholars, but most of them cannot be officials.

But because of the system of supporting scholars in the Ming Dynasty, these scholars have privileges after they have achieved fame.

For example, a scholar can not pay homage to an official, and when there is a shortage of food, he can even go to the government to borrow food and so on.

The most important thing is that famous scholars can be exempted from a considerable amount of money, food and taxes. Just one scholar can exempt two hundred acres of fertile land from taxes. Under the name of Xiucai, the amount of tax escaped will be distributed to Xiucai in proportion.

There are also dental firms in Nanjing that make a living by introducing affiliates and putting them into effect, which shows how developed this industry is.

These people have achieved fame and have no worries about food and clothing, but they can't be officials. They idle around all day long, and their hearts are full of anger. Therefore, they often gather together to express their feelings of being unappreciated. This is the basis for Jiangnan literati to like to form associations.

Scholars form groups and often gather to express their feelings. Sometimes they are filled with righteous indignation while talking, and it is not uncommon to do some extraordinary things.

Famous scholars are commonly known as students, and Gu Yanwu, a famous scholar, once commented on students, feeling that "today, those who go to the public to frustrate the government are also students; If one brushes his will, he will crowd up and coax him, and he will be a student;...the superiors want to rule them but they cannot be ruled, and they want to hoe them but they can't hoe them. .”

There are many things about scholars forming associations to fight against the government, and there are also many things about taking advantage of the situation to bully the village.

Because of the system of being officials in different places, most officials are officials in other places, and the students are all local forces.

Therefore, the students united to fight against the government, and it often happened to fight against donations, taxes and food. The Ming Dynasty had arrears of taxes every year.

If the government doesn't follow the scholar's heart a little bit, the scholars dare to gather crowds to fight the yamen, and finally coax the officials away, and often they will not be punished, because if these scholars are punished a little, they will form cliques and gather crowds to make a fuss and curse the court to burn them. Books pit Confucianism.

The imperial court had nothing to do with the students who made trouble, and their repeated tolerance turned into connivance. In the end, the students often openly despised the government and officials, embarrassing or even insulting the officials.

In the first year of Longqing, Han Jinchuan, the county magistrate of Wuxi, offended the students, causing an uproar among the students and cursing them face to face.

In the same year, Li Youzi, the magistrate of Changzhou, was attacked by all the students from five counties and almost died.

In the 44th year of Wanli, the mansion of Dong Qichang, the former minister of rites, was burned, and the local officials defined it as "difficult for scholars and chaos for traitors".

In the seventh year of Chongzhen, Zhang Pu, the leader of Fushe, had a debate with Zhou Zhikui, the governor of the Suzhou government. The students in Suzhou responded and posted a call to expel Zhou Zhikui. The students gathered in Wujiang to continue to expel Zhou Zhikui, but Zhou Zhikui couldn't bear the pressure and finally resigned.

Scholars fight against the government. Of course, the government has made mistakes, but the imperial court's laws and regulations are lax, and the domineering scholars can also be seen.

Anyone who offends scholars, even if they are officials, don't think about it.

Therefore, officials in Jiangnan are very cautious and do not want to give scholars a chance to attack them in groups.

Jiangnan scholars who like to form associations can be called the most "unaffordable" in Jiangnan in the late Ming Dynasty.

The scholars in Jiangnan are not only rich, elegant, but also willful.

Tian Wan, the emperor's relative who is used to rampant in Beijing, probably has to forget the character of Jiangnan scholar.

Tian Wan can be regarded as a native of Jiangnan. He was originally a military attache of a thousand generals of Yangzhou Wei, and he was still in business at the same time.

A military officer is worthless, even if he is a general, he will not live comfortably without other livelihoods.

But Tian Wan has carefully raised his daughter Tian Xiuying since she was a child. This daughter is also competitive, not only beautiful, but also smart.

Tian Wan asked someone to teach her to read and write, and asked someone to teach him to recite poems and make right. In fact, Tian Wan is a very strange person. He basically raised his daughter as a Yangzhou skinny horse. Tian Wan's original purpose was just to Marry her daughter to a high-ranking official as a concubine in the future.

Unexpectedly, her daughter was drafted into the palace, and soon won the emperor's favor and made her a noble concubine. Tian Wan's investment also received a return.

Because of the emperor, he was promoted step by step, and Tian Wan got the emperor's favor because of his daughter, because of taking the woman's route, but his daughter was seriously ill. Tian Wan thought for the first time that it was not his daughter's life or death, but his own honor and disgrace. He married a woman, but he didn't have a second daughter to give to the emperor, so he came to the south of the Yangtze River, searched for beautiful women, and wanted to dedicate it to the emperor and continue to enjoy the emperor's grace.

So from Yangzhou to Hangzhou, all the famous cities in the south of the Yangtze River were spared, and finally followed the clues of Suzhou prostitutes Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan to Nanjing.

But he didn't want to offend the scholars in Nanjing.

Yang Chao has been staying in Jinchai Tower, always monitoring the information outside.

Kang Hui is looking for news everywhere.

At noon, Kang Hui came back in a hurry.

"Brother Kang, what's the matter?"

Yang Chao hurriedly asked.

Kang Hui sighed: "It's making trouble, it's making trouble!"

Yang Chao smiled and said, "No one noticed us."

Kang Hui said: "That's not true. Now hundreds of scholars have gathered, Yingtianfu, Liubu, Jinyiwei, and even the Jiangning county government have been surrounded. Not only are there scholars, young students, but even Juren. It is said that the government will not give one If you confess, you will never give up."

Yang Chao nodded, this matter had something to do with him, but he just lit a fire, but he didn't expect the fire to burn so hot, but since it was hot, there was no need for him to fan the wind.

It's time to think about not getting burned, after all, my reputation is not good, especially in the eyes of those scholars. The scholars are very unhappy with their success in the brothel circle, and often arrange it secretly.

"Brother Kang, I have to go back to the barracks. Hu Quan has probably gone back. Be careful here. If someone comes to Jinchai Tower to make trouble, let them go ahead and make trouble. It's important to protect them. If it doesn't work, send everyone away temporarily. .This house, let them destroy it!"

Yang Chao laughed.

I sigh in my heart, these scholars are quite kind, but it is also the fault that the Ming court treated them too well and got used to it. After the Manchu ruled, the scholars in Jiangnan still maintained this problem, and they ran to the Temple of Weeping, but were punished by the Manchu government. They arrested and killed many famous talents, even a great literati who had been a scholar.

The so-called scholarly encounter with soldiers is unreasonable, but that was the Qing Dynasty, and in the Ming Dynasty, scholarly talents were the most unreasonable group.

Kang Hui felt a little distressed, this time he was blackmailed by Tian Wan for 5000 taels of silver, if the Jinchai building was destroyed by a scholar again, all the accumulation during this period would be taken into account, he really couldn't bear it.

"Haha, don't feel bad, if it is really ruined by the scholar, it will not be a pity at all. Others don't know, but Liu Rushi and those famous prostitutes know it. If it is ruined, it is because we sheltered Chen Yuanyuan and Dong Xiaowan, and even helped Liu Ru was just destroyed, these women are still very humane, it is worth it to exchange this building for their favors."

Yang Chao comforted him.

In fact, Yang Chao didn't want to see the Jinchai Building destroyed.

Because: "It's just not easy to explain to Ruan Dacheng. He kindly lent us the house, but it was destroyed by the scholar."

Yang Chao shook his head involuntarily, hurried out, got into his carriage, and walked towards the barracks.

(End of this chapter)