Zhengde's combination of boxing was fruitful, and there were chicken feathers in the hall, until Zhengde announced the dispersal of the dynasty, many people still stood there in a daze, with a look of the end coming on their faces. [Full text reading]

For a long time, the way in which the imperial power and the foreign dynasty fought was that the foreign dynasty made the first move, and then the emperor's side tried to deal with it. Therefore, despite repeated setbacks, the ministers of the foreign dynasty still maintained their fighting spirit and tirelessly looked for opportunities to turn the tables.

This time, the Zhengde side finally took the initiative to attack, and as soon as it struck, it was a big deal, and the overwhelming posture made the courtiers frightened, and the continuous attacks hit them dizzy, and they couldn't parry.

According to the general pattern, after each court meeting, Li Dongyang would gather his own people together to discuss countermeasures and plan for the future, but today he also lost this idea.

Not only because of low morale, everyone has no intention of discussing, but Li Dongyang feels that in the current situation, it is completely unthinkable.

That's right, the emperor's decree does not mean that the matter has been established, and if there is no vote of the cabinet, it can only be called a decree, which is invalid in principle.

But this principle does not apply in the current situation.

The specific manifestations of the invalidity of the purpose are as follows:

First of all, the person who receives the order can refuse to accept it, and then he will gain a greater reputation than scolding the emperor; At the same time, the government and opposition unanimously boycotted the central decree, and those who refused to accept it would be cleared up, and those who accepted it would be scolded as a sieve, and even if they took office, they would be boycotted by everyone.

What now? The people who received the order were all hardcore annihilators, and they had enough infamy on them, and they didn't care about being scolded, let alone going against the emperor's will.

Boycott? After the split of the foreign dynasty, the highest proportion of the imperial party were those who were born in the poor family, as well as those who were born in the Ming Jingke, and the officials of very low grades.

With the presence of these people, resistance is completely impossible.

In the end, the cabinet itself is not monolithic, although the number is two to one, Jiao Fang seems a little lonely, but Jiao Fang is backed by the imperial power, and he is very confident, as long as he does not waver, it is easy to fight one against two.

Therefore, although there are many people who resist and the emotions are fierce, the decree promulgated by the court meeting today is already a certainty, and the impact that will be caused by its implementation will be even more terrifying.

Li Dongyang's face was stunned, and he looked around blankly, his prediction came true, Xie Hong finally showed his minions, and the target was the entire scholar class, but now, he couldn't get enough chips to fight.

The three border towns are like a chain, tightly choking the throats of the soldiers; Tianjin and Shandong were a stumbling block, blocking their way; The deadliest knife came from the Ivy Academy, and as the academy continued to grow, the knife would stab deeper and deeper until the blood of the scholars was drained, and then it collapsed.

"Elder Li Ge, for the sake of today's plan, the only way to control public opinion is to suppress Houdefang first, so as not to let those evil sayings spread outside, even if they cannot be completely suppressed, at least they should be controlled within the scope of the capital." Yang Tinghe's fighting spirit is still quite strong, and the suggestions he put forward are still somewhat disciplined.

"What's the use of that? With their expansion speed, sooner or later it will not be ......" Hong Zhong's volume was also controlled freely, and at this time, the old man and everyone looked at each other, and their faces were also like mourning, and their faces were gray.

He has always been the vanguard of the Shi Party, and even took a huge risk, implying that Fang Xiao did something against the grain, and his courage was not insufficient. He has always been very disdainful of Xie Hong's tricks, and he has maintained full contempt.

But when Zhengde opened the hole cards, the so-called courage and arrogance became floating clouds, and in the face of absolute strength, he deeply felt his powerlessness.

Yang Tinghe said in a deep voice: "The only countermeasure now is two words, endure, delay!" ”

"Bear with me, how long will you endure? Drag, what are you waiting for? Li Dongyang's dim eyes suddenly lit up, and then his expression became solemn.

"Patience becomes gold, and only by staying promising, can you get retribution." In his previous life, Yang Tinghe stayed in the cabinet for nearly 20 years, and he was the first assistant for more than ten years, relying on this forbearance, the current situation is much worse than in the previous life, but he is still not discouraged, but has been aroused stronger fighting spirit.

"Annihilating the party and bewitching the Son of Heaven is certainly menacing, but they spread such a big stall, relying on some mediocre people, and even castrations, how can there be no flaws at all? Just as the Jiangnan colleagues worried, although there is a lot of gold and silver, if you want to take it, you still have to rely on merchants to buy and sell, but Liaodong, even Gyeonggi and Shandong, where is there any valuable production? ”

Yang Tinghe paused slightly, and the listener digested his meaning, and then continued to explain: "If the profit from the transaction is not enough to use, with the surname of the annihilator, eighty percent will be strong, in this way, hmph, how can it be unreasonable for Taizu to list this as a country that is not to be levied?" He is an unlearned and unskilled annihilator, of course, he will not know that the swimmer is drowning, he is arrogant, and he will sink into the sand and break the halberd in the sky, and then it will be an opportunity. ”

"This is just one of them, the emperor is a good surname, and Xie Hong instigated him, how can the capital alone tolerate him? When he said that he had secretly gone to Xuanfu, he went to Tianjin again not long ago...... He is already restless, he has been training for many years, and he always has to find an opponent, and when the time comes, he will ......" Yang Tinghe's voice became more and more gloomy, but the listeners all nodded.

"What Jiefu said is right, young people are already high-spirited, although Xie Hong has some peculiarities, you can also see the not very stable side from his style." Wang Wei's face softened a little, and Fu Xu agreed: "Let them go and make trouble, and when it is out of control, I will come forward later, and it is the right way." ”

"Elder Wang Ge, what Lord Yang said is ......" During the conversation here, many people in the party also came back to their senses, gathered one after another, and nodded in approval when they heard the words.

Forbearance is much stronger than direct confrontation, the result of direct confrontation is predictable, the emperor will not be soft, and everyone's necks are not as hard as imagined.

Although the emperor's strategy threatened the foundation of the scholars, it was not so fast to shake, just look at the locations involved in his plan, in addition to the military town, that is, the guard, and only one Tianjin is slightly out of this category, but in the final analysis, Tianjin is also a semi-militarized place.

This also shows that Xie Hong still has a full understanding of the strength of the scholar class, and he also has some scruples, so everyone can be regarded as having some reliance, and they can calmly make plans.

"Political affairs can be postponed temporarily, but academic issues cannot be delayed, and what Jiefu said is that we must try to prevent the spread of those fallacies! This battlefield is not in the court, but in the alleys, the two main ones are Houdefang and Roadside Society! Li Dongyang made a final decision and set the tone of this plan.

"There are people preaching in Houdefang, and we can organize scholars to debate with them, but the roadside club is tricky......"

The roadside society is a newspaper, although the Di newspaper is not new, but the content of the newspaper is much richer than the Di newspaper, current events, there are stories, there are comments, and the language used is also very straightforward, as long as you can understand it, you can also find someone to read it and listen to it if you are illiterate, the audience is very wide, and the influence is also great.

If it weren't for the fact that Jumbo Zhai had suffered a lot of boycotts over the past year, resulting in a shortage of funds for the Imperial Village, the newspaper would have become popular all over the world, rather than being confined to the capital as it is now. There were all old politicians present, very shrewd, and they knew very well that compared to Houdefang, the roadside society was more terrifying.

Wang Wei said categorically: "It doesn't matter, they can run a newspaper, and so can we, even if the capital will be suppressed by the lower court of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but outside the capital, especially south of the river, there are still many righteous people, just think through the model, we can also issue newspapers and preach the sage road." ”

Li Dongyang bowed his head and said: "Then there is Brother Laoji." ”

The printing technology of the Ming Dynasty has been quite mature, especially in the rich and prosperous land of Jiangnan, all kinds of printing private workshops abound, as long as there is money, the newspaper is not a problem at all. And the most powerful thing about Jiangnan Shiren is this, what is it to run a newspaper, they are not bad for money.

However, Li Dongyang was not optimistic, the Lower Yuan of the Metropolitan Inspectorate was established last year, and the responsibilities were also set at that time, that is to say, Xie Hong had already made arrangements at that time, and directly took the power of censoring the distribution of newspapers in his arms.

Foresight, it can be seen that the road of academic confrontation will also be full of thorns, the long road is long, it is difficult to see the light, and Li Dongyang's mood is even heavier.

…… Compared with the gloomy depression on the side of the Shi Party, the Imperial Party was mostly jubilant, and a few people were even ecstatic, and when they received the news from Liaodong, they happened to fall one by one.

For most of them, today's court meeting was like a long drought, and the joy in their hearts was hard to suppress when they saw a big ship in the midst of drowning.

Confucianism emphasizes the beginning and the end, and this can be used not only for women, but also for men, especially scholars. It's easy to betray Shilin, but it's hard to turn back, even if you get leniency, but as long as you have this handle, you will be attacked at any time, even if you enter the cabinet later.

Now that the power of the imperial power has risen sharply, and there is a tendency to consolidate, how can they not be happy? The gang gathered together, talked a lot, shared the joy of victory, and refused to disperse for a long time.

However, some of them have a bit of gloom in their expressions, and most of them are of relatively high grades, because they have been shaken after inquiry, and some even went to the side of the Scholar Party to lose their sincerity, and now it is obvious that some people inside and outside are not human.

Now regret is in vain, I can only think about how to make up for it, this cadre is also gathered in a circle, talking for a long time and not knowing what to do, just sighing, suddenly someone called out in surprise: "Where is Zhang Shilang?" Why haven't you seen him since the dispersal of the dynasty? ”

Everyone hurriedly looked around, but there was no shadow of Zhang Cai, this thing is obviously a bit strange, everyone knows that Zhang Shilang is a smart person, he has a good eye for things, and now he is suddenly out of the masses and does not know where to go, could it be that there is something more urgent?

Speculation is rife.

(To be continued)