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Chapter 159 Playing a Card
The negotiation started intensively on the third day. Xiong Mingyu felt very strange that the Fourth Young Master chose the Jinchai Building as the venue for the negotiation, because he knew that the Jinchai Building was Yang Chao's property, and Yang Chao was actually pushing the government to The person behind the negotiation, but the Fourth Young Master chose the Jinchai Tower as the venue for the negotiation, which made Xiong Mingyu feel that Yang Chao did not lie when he said that he had someone in the Erli Society, and that he was placed in the Erli Society. People are still very important, and they can vaguely influence the actions of scholars.

As for who Yang Chao placed, Xiong Mingyu couldn't guess, and he didn't want to waste his energy trying to guess. As long as these scholars don't make trouble, he won't bother to care about them.

Yang Chao lived in the Jinchai Building again, so that he could keep track of the specific movements at all times.

Yang Chao secretly commanded the behind-the-scenes manipulation, a governor of the Ten Houses, a governor of the Yingtian Mansion, a Tixue Censor, and a Jinyiwei Qianhu.

Of course, these high officials didn't think they were being manipulated, they thought they were just accepting Yang Chao's suggestion, and they only regarded Yang Chao as their counselor, an aide who would come up with ideas.

Yang Chao didn't care about this, anyway, it's good that these people are obedient, if they are not obedient, they will sue Huang Jin and Xiong Mingyu, and the senior officials of the Sixth Ministry of Freedom will suppress them.

But that didn't happen.

Everyone followed Yang Chao's plan honestly.

In the Erli Hall, there is a long table with four people sitting on each side, and a clerk next to it to make records. The clerk is Huangfeng Mansion.

When the two parties arrived, they greeted each other first.

"My lords have admired your name for a long time."

On the official side, Zhang Guowei, the governor of Yingtian, Suzhou and other ten important prefectures, said Zhang Guowei.

Although the two sides are negotiating, he is still very polite as a literati.

"Wan Sheng waited to meet Master Zhang, and all the adults."

The four young masters also saluted one by one, but their faces were so bright that they forced the senior officials of the court to sit down and negotiate with them. They felt that this was a great victory, and if it was spread out in the future, it would be their huge prestige and huge capital.

Zhang Guowei said: "Sit down."

Only then did the fourth son sit down.

Next, Xu Zhihuan, the censor of the government, was the first to attack. He was an official in charge of academic affairs, and these scholars were under his control. Of course, he was the most implicated in the disturbance caused by the scholars this time.

Xu Zhihuan said: "Young masters, entangle the students, gather in the courtroom, and disturb the troubles. Is this what you read from the sage books?"

Mao Xiang retorted on behalf of the fourth son: "Master Xu's words are wrong. You scholars are just out of righteousness. This is exactly what you read from the sages' books. As for Xiaoju Gongtang, Wan Sheng disagrees. Is there any scholar?" My son has entered the court. As for nuisance and trouble, it is nonsense!"

The Fourth Young Master couldn't help but feel complacent. Fortunately, they listened to Huang Fengfu's advice and didn't directly rush into the courtroom to make a fuss like Wuxi did. Otherwise, they would be passive now that Xu Zhihuan could not find them. Evidence in the courtroom, nothing can threaten them.

The first time they fought against each other, the fourth son felt that they had won, not only won but also stood on the moral high ground.

Xu Zhihuan sneered: "You are so eloquent, even if you don't have to gather in court to disturb troubles, but you can't escape the crime of contempt for the government. This official has made a decision, and the Ministry of Rites will expel all the students of the Second Li Society. "

The current Erli Society is not what it used to be, not to mention 500 members, and they are all famous scholars. Establishing a society will not allow them to become regular members.

Therefore, one expulsion of fame almost wiped out all five hundred core members.

But the fourth young master is not afraid: "My lord can try it!"

They had nothing to fear, Huang Jin and Xiong Mingyu, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, had jointly hosted a banquet for them, and they both expressed that they would not be expelled from the ranks of the students.I have to say that the last time Huang Jin and Xiong Mingyu left Yang Chao alone and dealt with the Fourth Young Master's affairs alone, they actually messed up. They wanted to end the quarrel of the scholars as soon as possible, but instead they encouraged the Fourth Young Master's courage and self-defeating.

But Xu Zhihuan didn't give in at all: "Try it, try it, I have never seen such an arrogant scholar since I took office to study."

Xu Zhihuan's words are not false, he was a tutor in Huguang before, when the scholar's uproar started this time, he had been appointed as a tutor in Nanjing for less than a month, so it can be said that he bumped into him, it was really bad luck.

Then Feng Kezong, a thousand households of Jinyiwei, said: "Young masters, it is true that you did not gather in court, but the evidence for smashing the Fusi of Jinyiwei town is convincing. I have collected the evidence. Please use this list to arrest people. The four sons can Take a look, is there any fake list on my official list?"

Feng Kezong directly sent a list to the fourth son.

The fourth son took it over and saw that Maoxiang's name was listed first. He was the one who led people to attack the Zhenfusi Yamen. After him, there were Huangfeng Mansion and other people, including the backbone of Erlishe .

The fourth son sneered.

Mao Xiang snorted coldly: "You can try arresting people, it's best to arrest me now."

Feng Kezong stopped talking to the Fourth Young Master, but only responded to Tianfu Yin Lingyiqu and Shifu Governor Zhang Guowei: "My lords, the evidence for the Zhenfu Division has been collected, but this matter is not under the jurisdiction of the Zhenfu Division. Tianfu, I hope that Tianfu will enforce the law impartially."

After Feng Kezong finished speaking, he remained silent, and he didn't want to say a word. If Yang Chao hadn't done enough ideological work for him, and accompanied by high-ranking officials like Zhang Guowei, he would have been beaten to death because he didn't want to mess with scholars.

The list was circulated and passed to Yin Tianfu, Ling Yiqu sighed: "Your son Menglang is being impostor. Gathering people to besiege the Fusi is something that has never happened in the 300 years of the Ming Dynasty."

Maoxiang said: "For the justice of heaven and earth, our scholars are not afraid of the power of Jinyiwei. This is something that has not happened in the Ming Dynasty for 300 years."

Ling Yiqu sighed: "Even if it is for the sake of justice, there are national laws as the basis and hundreds of yamen as the basis, how can you gather people to make trouble and put the national laws in place? In the eyes of scholars, whether there is still the king's law or not?" Is there any Holy Majesty?"

The Fourth Young Master had resentment on his face, but it was wrong for them to gather together, so there was no way to refute it.

Zhang Guowei presided over the meeting, and said at this time: "Young masters, the government is willing to talk to you, but it doesn't want to make things big. It also has the heart of caring for the seeds of reading. I also hope that you don't go your own way, making it difficult for the government and making things difficult for the government. It's hard for the court to do it."

After speaking, Zhang Guowei announced that this is the end of the peace talks.

Of course, he didn't use the word "peace talks". Peace talks are for foreign enemies, and even the Ming Dynasty never used the word "peace talks" for foreign enemies, and only used the word "peace".

This time when the government was negotiating with the Fourth Young Master, the Jiangnan government used the word appeasement.

"Too amateurish!"

Holding the negotiation record in his hand, Yang Chao couldn't help but lament the fourth master's amateurish negotiation skills.

Yang Chao asked the government to negotiate on the first day and play a few cards first.

The first card is to get rid of fame, and the second card is to arrest criminals.

I thought that the fourth young master could fight with reason, even if he was messing around, but the fourth young master did not refute at all.

The phrase 'you can try' is their attitude, which is completely hysterical struggle, which exposed all the cards in the end.

Yang Chao felt that this probably exposed that the Fourth Young Master was still afraid. If he was not afraid in his heart, he would not threaten them. They probably couldn't guarantee that the government would not pursue them.

This is also a common problem among scholars. They want to pretend to be heroes to gain fame, but they also fear death and dare not take risks.

Negotiation? It's the same as playing cards. You have to have cards in your hand. Yang Chao first played two cards to test it out. As a result, the four masters didn't know how to play cards to deal with it. They only threatened bluffing.

But the fourth son has always been at this level.

He has never been an official, never done business, never fought a war, never planted land, and never made friends of all kinds.

In their life, they only study, take the imperial examination, and at most go to brothels. Naturally, they don’t have any practical experience, and they don’t look down on people with work experience. Instead, they look down on muddy farmers and businessmen. Craftsman etc.

Therefore, even the experience of hearsay has never been heard. It is not their fault that the performance is too poor. It is the education system that did not teach them.

(End of this chapter)