The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1824: Draw the snake out of its hole

The clerk was fired for buying three taels of meat. It seemed insignificant, but all the scholars in Xiangzhou were discussing it, and even a large number of scholars were discussing it on the discussion board.

Under the article that published this matter, many opposing voices appeared.

What happened in the past few days has changed the direction of the discussion board.

A few days ago, almost everyone supported Fang Yun one-sidedly, but as the news of Xiangzhou was gradually spread to the discussion board, many people gradually stopped speaking for Fang Yun, and some voices criticizing Fang Yun gradually increased. Since the voices criticizing Fang Yun were more rational, even if the words were fierce, few people refuted them.

The clerk Wang Nian cried out for injustice everywhere, saying that he did not bring money at the time, but was just going to pay the next day, and he was very familiar with the butcher, so it was impossible for him not to pay, but no one paid attention to him, and no one paid attention to him.

Everyone only paid attention to the fact that the officialdom in Xiangzhou had begun to become extreme, and began to doubt Fang Yun's ability.

Subsequently, several incidents occurred in Xiangzhou.

Several teachers of the Academy of Literature spent their own money to have a dinner party, and they had it in their private time after leaving the government office. As a result, they were reported by the county government for overeating, and their salaries were confiscated, and they were even prepared to be sent to the state government for severe punishment.

A middle-aged scholar who had been childless for many years invited a daughter to a banquet for his friends on his daughter's 100th day. Due to the special period, he only invited two tables of people, but was considered by the government office to be extravagant and wasteful, and committed crimes against the wind. He was temporarily dismissed from all his positions and waited for his fate.

Such incidents occurred in various places in Xiangzhou, and they were too numerous to mention. They became the object of ridicule on the discussion board. If it were not for the fact that the Holy Academy took into account that Fang Yun was the governor of two states, these incidents would certainly be published in the "Literary Newspaper" and known to the world.

December is coming, and every household has begun to prepare for the New Year. In addition, December is the Jinshi examination every year, and candidates from all over the country will rush to the capital in advance, so literary gatherings are popular in various places, especially those that send off candidates.

The capital is very far from Xiangzhou. Even if you take the fastest ox cart, it takes half a month. Therefore, November is the peak period for sending off the candidates to take the exam.

The winter solstice festival is not fixed, but in order to facilitate the festival, Jingguo set the winter solstice on November 15. On this day, winter solstice literary gatherings will be held all over the country, and it will also become the peak of sending off the candidates to Beijing.

On this joyous day, a major case of a fight between scholars occurred at a winter solstice literary gathering in Juyuan Prefecture.

As soon as the incident happened, it was posted on the discussion list, and the process was jaw-dropping.

It turned out that a candidate who went to Beijing to take the exam was from a poor family and was not good at business. He only relied on working in the literary academy to receive a salary. After this person passed the exam, he received many gifts from local relatives and gentry, which was also generous, but he used all the money to buy a house, and there was very little money left.

Going to Beijing to take the exam is very expensive. Not to mention the food and accommodation along the way, just talking about making friends with writers and buying pens, ink, paper and inkstones, it costs a lot. This scholar was waiting to get the winter gift and then go to Beijing when he had more money. As a result, the Juyuan Prefecture cancelled the winter gift this year, and he was very embarrassed these days.

At a winter solstice literary meeting, this scholar complained a few words. Because he questioned Fang Yun's policy, it caused a debate and was criticized by many scholars. A scholar suddenly took advantage of the chaos and smashed the scholar's head with a stone, smashing the scholar's head and bleeding in public, and fainted.

Holding a bloody stone, the scholar shouted wildly that anyone who dared to question Fang Xusheng would be an enemy of the whole Xiangzhou, and anyone who dared to say that Fang Xusheng was not good at all would be a beast, and called on all Xiangzhou scholars to punish traitors and eliminate evil, and to find out all the bad apples, so that Fang Xusheng would not bear the slightest stigma.

That night, the scholar named Chai Ying established a literary society called "Chu Traitor Society". The literary society's program was to punish traitors and eliminate evil, and to crack down on all those who attacked Fang Yun. At one time, many people responded, and the society exceeded a thousand people on the first day, and they were all scholars with literary titles.

As for the scholar who was beaten, he reported it to the Juyuan Prefecture Office, but the prefect expressed great difficulty and only said that the prefecture would bear the medical expenses and hoped that the matter would be settled privately.

So, the prefect of Juyuan Prefecture, Mi Jun, invited the scholar and Chai Ying to the prefectural office and mediated in front of many scholars to reconcile the two. However, the two had a verbal conflict, and Chai Ying actually punched the unlucky scholar, and the scholar was knocked unconscious again.

The article explains that the reason why the scholar who was beaten did not fight back was that he did not want to be labeled as a bully, and the scholar did not want to publicize the matter, fearing that it would bring bad influence to Xiangzhou and Fang Xusheng. The author published this article out of indignation, hoping that everyone would do justice for this person.

At the end of the article, the author also mentioned one thing. That night, the Chujian Society caught several people who were dissatisfied with the other party and had no literary position, stripped them of their clothes, cut off half of their hair, and paraded them through the streets.

Once this matter was disclosed, the discussion list exploded like a big firecracker.

Fang Yun only showed up at the Winter Solstice Literary Meeting in Baling City, said a few words, and then went back home to continue his studies.

The Winter Solstice Literary Meeting was not important in Baling City, and Fang Yun did not want to waste time on such a meeting.

Fang Yun was writing "History of Ancient Demons", and the official seal kept emitting fluctuations.

Fang Yun did not expect to receive a large number of letters in a short period of time at night. He knew that something had happened and immediately grabbed the official seal.

All the letters were almost talking about one thing. Being beaten has become a hot event in the discussion list, and it is absolutely impossible to take it lightly.

Some people also suspected that this matter was deliberately done by someone, and hoped that Fang Yun would not be careless.

At the same time, someone pointed out obscurely that it seemed that someone had deliberately targeted Fang Yun recently.

Fang Yun smiled slightly after reading it.

"It's time to close the net!"

Fang Yun stood up after he finished speaking, took out a piece of paper, and wrote down one name after another. The names of Mi Jun, the prefect of Juyuan Prefecture, and Chai Ying, the leader of the Chujiao Society, were prominently listed among them, and even many officials including the prefect of Tangshan Prefecture were included.

The moon was bright and the moonlight was cold.

The Winter Solstice Literary Meeting had ended, and Fang Shouye, the governor of Xiangzhou, was sitting in the carriage on his way home, holding the official seal and frowning.

As early as when Fang Yun was rectifying the style of work, Fang Shouye had reminded Fang Yun, but Fang Yun seemed to be indifferent, so Fang Shouye remained silent. Although he was Fang Yun's uncle, the gap between the two was getting bigger and bigger, and he didn't dare to regard himself as Fang Yun's elder.

"This matter is probably difficult. Should I remind Fang Yun?"

As Fang Shouye was thinking, Fang Yun's voice came to his ears.

"Look at the letter I sent you. You and the generals of the Xiangzhou Army will personally come forward and invite all the people on the list to the Governor's Mansion. Prepare immediately and don't make any mistakes!" Fang Yun said.

Fang Shouye was stunned for a moment, then felt the official seal emit a subtle vibration, and hurried to see Fang Yun's new letter. Looking at the names on it, Fang Shouye was stunned for a moment, suddenly realized, and slapped his thigh.

"What a Fang Xusheng! What a Fang Zhenguo! It turns out that everything is to lure the snake out of the hole! He knows the officialdom very well, and he is better than me! Now I feel relieved, hahaha..."

Fang Shouye finished laughing and immediately prepared.

The next morning, the state army and government army from all over Xiangzhou went out to "invite" all the people on the list to the military's dragon carriage and "invite" them to Baling City as quickly as possible.

On October 16, the news that many officials were taken to the Governor's Mansion spread, and people were panicked and there were many different opinions.

On October 17, the Governor's Mansion suddenly announced that Fang Yun had found out the Qing State spies lurking in the government.

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