flstandardbreds Chapter 143 The Fourth Uncle Who Was Angered to Tears
Chapter 143 The Fourth Uncle Who Was Angered to Tears
Lin Ke was silent for a moment, then continued, "It turns out that this scholar's real name is Zhang Xi, and his teacher is an old scholar from Hunan named Zeng Jing."
"The master and apprentice were actually fooled, which can be attributed to a scholar named Lü Liuliang who had been dead for a long time. His book inspired the two to have the great dream of overthrowing the Qing and restoring the Ming."
"As for Zhang Zhuo's claim that six provinces were mobilized at the same time, it's all a lie, pure bragging. This rebel group only has thirteen people in total, and they are all gathered in one province—Hunan. I seriously suspect that the remaining dozen or so people were all fooled by Zeng Jing."
"Luckily, Governor Yue has some brains. If he were muddle-headed, he would have been wiped out! He dared to incite a rebellion with nothing. Do these two scholars think Governor Yue is just a roughneck with no brains?"
Da Qing Yue Zhongqi: ……..
Zhu Bajie of the Ming Dynasty: This is hilarious! This is it! Hahahaha, a rebellion?!
Big Han Liu Zhuzhu: Hahahaha, they're all in the same province. We'll wipe them all out in one fell swoop. This rebel gang is actually pretty nice!
Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty: ? ? Is it really that funny?
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"Yue Zhongqi used him and then threw him away. He threw Zhang Zhuo, his tool, back into jail, and immediately drafted another document, thoughtfully including a list of the thirteen people involved in the case at the end."
"When Yongzheng received Yue Zhongqi's memorial, he initially took it as a joke, thinking that someone dared to criticize him! He even wrote in his reply to the memorial: 'How could such a ridiculous thing happen in this world!'"
"But the reason why Yongzheng was not angry at this time was because he did not know what Zeng Jing's letter actually said."
"On the other hand, Emperor Yongzheng was similar to Emperor Jiajing of the Ming Dynasty in his superstitions. This is just a joke, but the reason I say this is because I haven't really seen any emperor who calculated his own birth chart or practiced alchemy!"
Emperor Yongzheng: That's just the kind of man I am!
Zhu Yuanzhang/Kangxi: ……
"So when he learned that Yue Zhongqi had sworn an oath to gain Zhang Zhuo's trust, how could he not be moved? Later, he also replied, 'My dear minister's loyalty moves me to tears...' In some ways, Yongzheng was indeed quite sentimental, but it's hard to say who he was sentimental to, hahaha!"
After being moved, the fourth brother went to arrest people at the addresses on the list. He first sent Li Wei, the governor of Zhejiang, to arrest suspect number one, Lü Liuliang.
"Although the man had been dead for a long time, his family was still alive, so they were all taken to prison, and their books were confiscated."
Lu Liuliang's family: Having him is truly our "blessing".
"Immediately afterwards, he sent an imperial envoy named Hailan to Hunan to arrest suspect number two, Zeng Jing, and then sent the Governor-General of Liangjiang, Fan Shiyi, to arrest the remaining suspects."
"To everyone's surprise, the arrest operation was successful every time, and even Emperor Yongzheng himself said: 'The world is full of wonders... all have been captured!'"
"However, this also indirectly proves that Zhang Zhuo is indeed an honest person. He betrayed all his teammates, and none of them escaped!"
Yongzheng: Look! What an amazing thing!
A spoiled brat from the Song Dynasty: It seems that the scholar truly considers Yue Zhongqi a confidant; this suspect will be caught in no time!
A certain romantic and talented scholar from the Tang Dynasty: What a fool! Hahahaha! They're so lucky to have this guy!
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"Shortly afterward, Yue Zhongqi sent Zeng Jing's letter to Yongzheng. At this time, Yongzheng would never have imagined that what he took as a joke would break his defenses to the point of writing a book to refute the rumors."
"I wonder what Yongzheng would think when he saw the ten major crimes listed against him in this letter?"
The "Collection of Memorials with Imperial Rescripts in Chinese during the Yongzheng Reign" records: "When I read this seditious letter, I was both shocked and in tears. I never dreamed that anyone in the world would talk about him like this!"
"Look, he's made our fourth brother cry. How did he end up being blamed for these hurtful words?"
"So Hailan had a new task: to find out exactly where this old scholar Zeng Jing had heard these words from!"
A renowned Confucian scholar of the Song Dynasty was so angry that he cried!
A noblewoman from a prominent family in the Tang Dynasty: What's wrong with that? Does being scolded mean you're allowed to cry?
A scion of a prominent family in the Sui Dynasty: He's probably a bit sensitive by nature, so this kind of reaction is normal. Besides, what's with the accusation of forcing one's mother? It's just rubbing salt in the wound!
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