Li Mingrui naturally knew that this incident would have a great blow to his civil servant group in the future. He was afraid that he would be often impeached by censors like Qian Qianyi in the future. The reason was naturally that he deviated from the civil servant group and was no longer recognized by them.

But any emperor likes such a lonely minister. If he wants to be a civil servant, he can only be abandoned by His Majesty.

Li Mingrui gritted his teeth and bowed to Zhu Youxiao: "I will only be His Majesty's lackey in the future!"

Zhu Youxiao smiled. Although he didn't say anything, he was very happy. Li Mingrui was like the former Confucius Sect who was eradicated by himself in the past, and he made a big fuss with him, blaming himself for killing Dong Qichang. This shows that Li Mingrui is a civil servant worthy of his trust.

This southern tour did not come in vain. While eliminating the landlords and gentry who were enough to threaten the rule of the dynasty, they also further kidnapped the loyalty of the ministers around them. This was a win-win situation.

The incident in Lishui Pavilion spread throughout Jiangnan not long after.

Dong Qichang, who is well-known in the literary world, was killed for offending the elder Li Mingrui.

Yingtian Governor Wang Wenkui violated the order of the Pavilion Master Li Mingrui and was slandered by the Pavilion Master Li to Your Majesty, causing him to be imprisoned.

The leader of Fushe, Zhang Pu, who once made a name for "The Tombstone of Five People", was captured by Dongchang Actor.

He was also arrested with more than a dozen scholars.

Moreover, with the spread of Chen Mingxia, the whole thing began to ferment, and the entire Jiangnan literati class began to become restless and scolded Li Ge Lao.

At this time, Chen Mingxia was hiding at Wang Siren. Wang Siren was a famous scholar in Shanyin and was idle at home because of Ding You. He is now staying in Yingtian Mansion. However, he did not expect that after learning about his friend Dong Qichang being killed by the elder Li Mingrui these days, he immediately asked Chen Mingxia in surprise: "You should tell me in detail, why did Dong Sibai provoke him, Mr. Li?"

"The students were not very clear at this time. They only knew that Mr. Li came to Lishui Pavilion to have fun. Mr. Dong happened to be there to meet with Mr. Zhang Pu and Mr. Zhang and several other friends. But who knew that Mr. Li had to force his love, and in the end he killed someone. Mr. Dong couldn't bear to see him, so he wanted to take care of him. He was killed like this. Even Mr. Zhang and the governor of Yingtian, who sent troops to capture Mr. Li, were also arrested by the people from the East Factory."

Chen Mingxia couldn't help crying as she said: "Fortunately the students ran fast, otherwise they would have become their dead souls. Prince, you don't know that, because of his high position and power, Mr. Li directly instigated the people from the East Factory to kill innocent people, and dozens of people fell under his butcher's knife."

"I didn't expect that Li Ge Lao was so cruel. Did he mean to be discouraged from the scholars? Could it be that he really thought that he had the support of His Majesty, and we, the scholars, wouldn't dare to touch him at all?" Wang Siren said, and immediately ordered someone to prepare a carriage to Chen Jiru's thatched cottage, and informed Chen Jiru about Dong Qichang.

Chen Jiru was Dong Qichang's best friend. When he heard that his friend was poisoned and killed by Li Ge Lao for persuading Li Ge Lao to bully Liang Shan, he was so angry that he wanted to sue the emperor, but he was eventually stopped. Wang Siren advised: "Now that Li Mingrui's sage is Zhenglong, going to sue him this time is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg, which has encouraged Li Mingrui's arrogance."

"Then what should you do, you can't let Li Mingrui get away with the help of my Jiangnan Confucians, and it will make the tragedy of Qian Qianyi's old thief burning Donglin Academy again. You can't let Brother Sibai be injustice forever from now on!"

Chen Jiru said, gritted his teeth and said, "Even if I try my best to kill you, I will ask Your Majesty to severely punish the treacherous minister Li Mingrui, otherwise I will be killed in the Golden Palace!"

At this time, Qi Biaojia also came to Chen Jiru's thatched cottage. Seeing that Wang Siren was there, he bowed to Wang Siren and asked, "Do you know that Mr. Dong was killed by Li Mingrui, a Grand Secretary of the Cabinet?"

Wang Sihe and Chen Jiru nodded: "We already know."

"This Li Mingrui is the second Qian Qianyi! If this person is not eliminated, we scholars will not only not be able to enter the temple, but even scholars will not have a place to survive in the future. It is said that a few days ago, the Confucius Sect in the Northern Sect was killed, and dozens of civil servants in the entire Shandong were beheaded, which was also the plan of this person!"

Although Qi Biaojia has already passed the Jinshi, she is still a little angry because she is not yet in her thirties.

"Now the Royal Weaving Bureau and the Royal Industrial Company plundered the wealth of the people and plundered the riches of Jiangnan, which has displaced countless people. The originally peaceful Jiangnan has also continued to have various incidents of smashing, looting and burning. Fortunately, the Governor of Yingtian, Wang Zhongcheng and others tried their best to maintain it. The previous funding of Mr. Dong and his gentlemen allowed the people to survive. However, the treacherous ministers in the court were in power, and Your Majesty listened to him, which led to Mr. Dong being wronged. We must take action to force Your Majesty to severely punish Li Mingrui and give an explanation to the people of the world!"

Chen Mingxia's words also moved Wang Siren, Chen Jiru and others, and Qi Biaojia even asked directly: "In your opinion, how should we act?"

"You guys don't know that the righteous people in Jiangnan have secretly organized and prepared to learn from the newly-private Fengsheng Doctor Kong Zhiqi, who was newly granted from Shandong, to go to the Forbidden City to beat the drums and report to Your Majesty, asking Your Majesty to ban the Royal Weaving Bureau. Since this is the case, why don't we stand with the people of the world, and also organize the scholars in Jiangnan to shout for justice for Mr. Dong."

Chen Mingxia's words went to make Chen Jiru agree, and hurriedly said: "I will go back to Huating now and contact the students from all over the country, and prepare to gather in Nanjing to shout for justice for Mr. Dong."

"Then I'll go to visit Shanyin's parents' officials now," said Wang Siren.

Seeing this, Qi Biaojia was too busy: "I'll contact my brother who was a teacher in Jiaxing."

Due to the shock caused by Dong Qichang's death, the entire Jiangnan scholars began to become active. Students from various prefectures and counties in Nanzhili and Zhejiang, and even juren from all over the country rushed to Nanjing.

Chen Mingxia secretly rushed back to Nanjing to contact Mao Pijiang, and Chen Zhenhui and others began to continue to incite the Jiangnan weaver riots as planned.

"Are you ready? How many weavers can come out to cause trouble this time? Have you contacted the people from the command post? Once things start to go wrong, they will have to rely on their cooperation."

Chen Mingxia asked Mao Pijiang, and Mao Pijiang hurriedly replied: "Don't worry, it's already arranged. This time we must take advantage of this unrest to rob the Royal Weaving Bureau's machines, and then burn his workshop, as well as the various glasses and mirrors of these Royal Industries."

"Have the court officials managed the matter? They will have to rely on their protection at that time. There is no guarantee that His Majesty will not attack these people at the moment."

Chen Mingxia said and looked out, and was relieved to see that there was no one from the East Factory appearing.
Chapter completed!