After entering the city, Li Banghua declined Zhao Zhilong, who invited him to join the Xincheng Bo Mansion, and instead set up the imperial envoy's headquarters in an inn called Donglige, which was also the usual place for imperial envoys to live in over the years. Two hundred Beijing camp horse guards entered the barracks of the nearby Nanjing Zhongwei.

Li Li divided the 200 people into four groups, each with fifty fully armed soldiers, and under the leadership of the team leader, he took turns to guard the inn.

After taking a shower and resting, around the hour of You, Li Banghua was invited to the sedan chair at Taibai Tower for the banquet and came to the inn gate. After the whistleman came in to report, he came out to inform Qin Shaowen, the young minister of the Honglu Temple in Nanjing who was coming to greet him: Zhixian was not in good health and could not attend the banquet. He thanked Xin Chengbo and his colleagues in Nanjing for their kindness.

After hearing this, Qin Shaowen didn't say much, and turned around and left with a sedan chair.

The scene that happened on the dock this afternoon had already spread in Nanjing City. Almost all the officials and gentry in Nanjing were quite dissatisfied with Li Banghua's actions. His words that scolded Lu Weiqi were considered to be criticizing others, which clearly meant to be enemies with the entire officials and gentry in Nanzhili.

In the back garden of a four-entry house on the west side of Nanjing city, Lu Weiqi, Xu Wenyuan, Qian Shisheng, the right assistant minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites, and Shizhen, the second son of the Zhejiang Qingli Department of the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue, were tasting tea in the pavilion at the highest point in the garden.

"Brother Jieru, Li Mengan is coming in a fierce manner this time, ignoring the rules of the officialdom and openly expressing unreasonable words to the second-rank officials of the court in full view of the public. This move is tantamount to treating me as if nothing is left in the south of the Yangtze River! Brother Jieru, as the head of all officials in Southern Zhili, was humiliated, which really made us feel uneasy! No matter how Brother Jieru fights back, we must share the same hatred with Brother Jieru! We will fight it together!"

Xu Wenyuan, who was about 40 years old, had a white face and a long beard, and had a righteous face, said in a sigh.

Since Xu Qiming, Jiao Yunfeng and others were arrested by the Jinyiwei one after another, and happened in four prefectures including Yangzhou. Before the failure of the strike that spread to surrounding prefectures and counties failed, Xu Wenyuan felt that something was wrong.

This method that has been tried and done since the Wanli period has completely failed this time. I remember that in the palace, the emperor of the Zhu family, who was blind and deaf, suddenly became smart and clear-headed. He ignored the possible chaos in the Jiangnan people and used force to end the incident extremely quickly. The factory guards who were in trouble seemed to have been waiting there for a long time, and they watched them tie the ropes step by step before they tied the ropes, and then they laughed and got a lot of wealth.

All these subversive practices made Xu Wenyuan feel cold to the core. Xu Qiming and others fell into the hands of the ruthless Jinyiwei. This time, it would be difficult for him to escape.

Most of the senior officials sent to Nanjing have difficulty returning to the power center of the capital court. Their political enemies will never allow such a thing to happen. These political enemies are the big men in the court. In view of this, even if Xu Wenyuan wants to ask someone to excuse him in front of the emperor, he will not find anyone at all.

After discussing with friends and old friends such as Lu Weiqi, Qian Shisheng and others several times, everyone was helpless about this matter and could only hope that the Jinyiwei would not be involved in the big move.

Xu Wenyuan, who knew that he was in a desperate situation, felt anxious for the first time, and was always worried that Jinyi Ti would come to the door to take him to prison.

After more than ten days of worry, the imagined Tiqi did not appear in Nanjing City, and Xu Wenyuan's heart was slightly relieved.

At this moment, the emperor's imperial envoy suddenly came to Nanjing, which made Xu Wenyuan's nerves, which had just relaxed, become nervous again.

After receiving an invitation from Lu Weiqi to ask him to speak in the mansion, Xu Wenyuan immediately rushed to Lu Weiqi's mansion.

Lu Weiqi and Qian Shisheng won the same exam in the 44th year of Wanli. Although Qian Shisheng was five or six years older than him, they had similar personalities and were both straightforward and bold, and they also became friends.

Qian Shisheng was hospitality and generous. During the Tianqi period, he spent a lot of money to rescue Wei Dazhong, Wan Jing and others, a core member of the Donglin Party who was arrested and ruled by the eunuch party. This move won him a good reputation among the Donglin Party and was praised by the Donglin Party members in the south of the Yangtze River.

In the sixth year of Chongzhen, he was appointed as the Grand Secretary of the Dongge and the Minister of Rites by Zhu Youjian and participated in the important matters of security. However, during his tenure, he put the interests of the Donglin Party members first and deceived Zhu Youjian to issue an order to stop the official smelting and stop sending officials to Jiangnan to collect the accumulated taxes. He strongly opposed the proposal to impose commercial taxes in Jiangnan, and even planned to arrest and imprison the proposer. He was eventually disgusted by Zhu Youjian who gradually realized that he was sent to Nanjing the following year.

"Mingde's words are very reasonable. First, officials and gentry from the four governments of Jiangnan were arrested and imprisoned by the factory guards for their legitimate appeals, and now Jie Ru's brother was humiliated to the back. These two things have shown that the emperor mistakenly believed in the slander of the court and wanted to take serious action against me, Nanzhili. If we lack corresponding countermeasures, we will definitely be defeated by them. For the current plan, we can only join hands with the outside world, so that the emperor can take back his life and prevent the prosperous land from being controlled by people with ulterior motives, so that our gentry and people in Jiangnan can live and work in peace and prosperity without the suffering of harsh taxes!"

"How can you not know about the two brothers, Mingde, Weiqi? But this time Li Meng secretly came with power, and there were also evidences of officials and gentry in the four governments, including Su Yang, and his determination to win has already emerged. Although we have the intention to resist the chaos of the government, we have no power to resist it! This matter is difficult!"

Since returning home from the dock, Lu Weiqi has been thinking hard about how to make Li Banghua return, but after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't figure it out. In desperation, he found these three people who had been recently in contact with each other to discuss countermeasures.

The pressure brought by the 200 horse team brought by Li Banghua to everyone is too great.

Not to mention now, during the Japanese turmoil during the Jiajing period, less than 100 Japanese pirates landed and swept over more than ten prefectures and counties along the coast of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and finally fought directly under the city of Nanjing. At that time, the Jiangnan garrison troops, which had not yet been completely corrupt, gathered troops to encircle and suppress them, and were defeated by these small groups of Japanese pirates one by one, let alone the surviving garrison troops who have been completely popular now. To be honest, there is no problem with this Beijing camp horse team sweeping across Jiangnan.

Whether it is Lu Weiqi or the other three, their huge family interests are in the southern Zhili area. Whether it is family business or the official positions of disciples and old friends, they are basically concentrated in the most prosperous places in Jiangnan. They can be said to be a relationship that affects the whole body. Once one of them has an accident, the other forces will try every means to grab the resources occupied by the person who is in trouble. This is also a hidden rule in the Jiangnan officialdom. Although both sides will not really tear the face, it is inevitable that the failure of the matter will be gradually marginalized from all aspects.

Because of this, for their group, even if something happened to Xu Qiming, Jiao Yunfeng and others, as the upper class who control power cannot be implicated. They must try their best to resolve the crisis and protect Xu Wenyuan and others who are directly involved.

"The officials thought that what Lu Bu Tang said was very reasonable. Judging from the current situation, only by seeking external forces can we break this difficult situation. Otherwise, it may be difficult for the capital to resist the governance alone. The officials seem to be ignoring something. In addition to Li Meng's anger, there are even more difficult opponents who have not appeared. If he suddenly takes action, the ending will be even more difficult to control!"

Lang Shizhen, who had been unable to interfere, took advantage of the silence of the few people, and put forward his own opinions.

He was the son of Qian Shisheng's mentor. After Qian Shisheng advanced step by step in his career, Lang Yongzhen, who was very talented in his career, also successfully won the pilot. After one year of observing the Ministry of Revenue in the capital, Qian Shisheng used his relationship to stay in the ministry. However, Xiao He also failed Xiao He. Lang Yongzhen was later implicated by Qian Shisheng and was sent to Nanjing one after another.

"Oh? What are the insights of the Ziqun? Tell me quickly! What is external force?"

Qian Shisheng hurriedly spoke and urged.

Lang Shizhen's words made several people feel heavier, especially Xu Wenyuan, whose heart pressure increased sharply.

The difficult opponent Lang Shizhen mentioned is of course the factory guards. They are still somewhat confident and strategic about literati like Li Banghua, but these methods are useless to the Jinyiwei.

Once the Jinyiwei appears, he will come to take the people. He will not reason with you at all. He will leave after taking it, and then decide whether to search the house depending on the circumstances.

"The officials think that can the two places outside the Lu tribe hall use their strength to eliminate this disaster? As long as you take enough benefits, these two places may not be unwilling to help. If you talk about the close interaction with the capital, it should be far better than us? If you have this intention, you should act as soon as possible!"

The external force Lang Yongzhen mentioned was the other two giants in the Southern Zhili region: the eunuchs and the nobles of the garrison. If they wanted to persuade them to come forward and relax the court, then each family must show full sincerity.
Chapter completed!