Chapter 285: Mr. Yi An, how are you?

Outside the Confucius Temple, Duke Yansheng Kong Duanyou and hundreds of Qufu scholars escorted the young King of Wei to a place twenty miles away, and then they all breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the assassination attempt was safe, this group of literati were really scared.

Under boundless fear, they naturally agreed to whatever Cao Jie said.

How dare I bargain?

First, Duke Yansheng wrote the book "A Letter to Cao Jie to the Six Evil Dominators" in his own handwriting, and then it spread throughout the world.

A "manifesto" is not a manifesto-style document, nor is it an article that explains one's own behavior to the world. Instead, it is a public opinion attack with powerful destructive power. Its goal is to deal the greatest spiritual or substantial blow to the opponent.

Therefore, the purpose of writing a war manifesto is to vilify the enemy, anger the enemy, boost the morale of one's own side, and firmly believe that one's side is the army of justice and will surely achieve a crushing victory. This is the most basic effect that a war manifesto should achieve.

In addition to the basic effects, a better war manifesto should also be able to incite public opinion, join forces with one's own side to attack the enemy, and occupy the commanding heights of public opinion.

This is not about justice or not, it's just about achieving the goal.

So, who is the most suitable person to write this manifesto?
Naturally, Duke Yansheng is the most suitable.

In the whole of Shandong, who can have more appeal than Duke Yansheng? All the scholars in the world consider themselves to be disciples of Confucianism!
The incompetent ruler is Zhao Ji.

The term "Six Bandits" first appeared in a memorial written by Chen Dong, a student of the Imperial Academy, in the seventh year of Xuanhe (1125). Chen Dong said: "Cai Jing caused chaos in the front, Liang Shicheng plotted in the back, Li Yan made enemies in the northwest, Zhu Jie made enemies in the southeast, and Wang Fu and Tong Guan made enemies in Liao and Jin, creating border conflicts. The six bandits should be executed and their heads should be sent to all directions to thank the world."

The "Six Thieves" at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty were: Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Liang Shicheng, Zhu Zhen, Wang Fu, and Li Yan, all of whom were confidants of Emperor Huizong of Song.

Cai Jing and Tong Guan were the leaders of the "Six Thieves" in the late Northern Song Dynasty. They were extremely corrupt and used part of the money they extorted to run official competitions and provide royal officials with "spending jobs". The six colluded with each other and excluded dissidents. People called them "three thousand strings of cash, direct to the secret cabinet; five hundred strings of cash, promoted to Tongpan".

The "Six Thieves" made the country a mess.

Song Huizong Zhao Ji sent Zhu Zhen to search for rare treasures, famous flowers and ancient trees in the Jiangnan area. Zhu Zhen and his minions relied on the emperor's power to act tyrannically in Jiangnan. They demolished walls and houses, extorted money, and made the people live in misery.

The Shezhou and Muzhou areas were beautiful with abundant resources, and thus became the main areas for harassment and plunder by Zhu Jie and others. The people of Shezhou and Muzhou hated the government and launched an uprising under the leadership of the "Saint Lord" Fang La.

Liang Shicheng was Liang Zhongshu of Daming Prefecture. A birthday gift was worth 100,000 strings of people's hard-earned money.

The great eunuch Li Yan was in charge of the Xicheng Office and set up a bureau in Ruzhou. He expropriated the people's land and made it public land. He burned the people's old certificates and forced them to pay land rent. If anyone complained or reported it, he would torture them severely once he found out. Tens of thousands of people died at that time.

He also collected money and property for tribute, which was more cruel than Zhu Li, and the expenses were huge, which made people suffer and hindered farming. He also had no respect for local officials. Wherever he went, he would sit arrogantly in the hall. Supervisors and governors did not dare to confront him, and he made enemies in the northwest for a while.

This manifesto of Duke Yansheng spread throughout the world, truly shocking the nine provinces and causing scholars all over the world to turn away from the Zhao Song Dynasty.

This one letter is worth more than ten thousand troops.

Cao Jie left Qufu and went to Qingzhou.

There was a "Yi An Jushi" named Li Qingzhao in Qingzhou. This time, Cao Jie did not come to tease a married woman, but came for the new and old parties.

Li Qingzhao, whose father Li Gefei was from Zhangqiu, Jinan, was a Jinshi graduate and served as the Chief of Criminal Justice and Deputy Minister of Rites. He was a student of Su Shi and one of the "Four Scholars after Su Shi".

Her husband's family belongs to the old party.

As we all know, the struggle between the new and old parties in the Northern Song Dynasty was a life-and-death struggle.

Li Qingzhao's father-in-law Zhao Tingzhi died in a political struggle, her husband Zhao Mingcheng and other brothers-in-law were arrested and interrogated, her father Li Gefei was exiled to Guangxi, and died of depression after being allowed to return home. Li Qingzhao herself was forbidden to live in Kaifeng, and moved back to her hometown to live in seclusion. Moreover, her husband's family and her mother's family completely broke up and never had any contact with each other until she died.

Even Li Qingzhao's marriage was a political product from the very beginning.

All of this happened because her father was Su Shi's student and her father-in-law was Su Shi's mortal enemy. Song Huizong wanted to reconcile the struggle between the old and new parties, and the Shu Party was the most suitable lubricant, so he arranged for the two families to marry, and when the party struggle started again, tragedy occurred in an instant.

This is also the reason why Li Qingzhao and Zhao Mingcheng seemed to be in love, but in fact they had already been separated.

When the Liangshan Rebellion broke out, Zhao Mingcheng was the prefect of Zibo Prefecture. He was devoted to the collection and research of calligraphy and painting, which made him a very unqualified official.

The Liangshan army captured Zibo Prefecture without any effort and captured this man alive.

He has been in jail for half a year now.

During this period, Li Qingzhao also tried to rescue him, but rebellion was a life-threatening business. She was a weak woman, and if Cao Jie had not secretly taken care of her, she would have been eaten up long ago.

This time Cao Jie took the time to come, firstly for the sake of the new and old parties, and secondly for the experience points of "Cao Zei".

Li Qingzhao's network of relationships was extremely complex, not only related to the old and new parties, but also her cousin's husband was Cai Jing, her brother-in-law's husband was Qin Hui, her cousin was Zhang Zeduan, her teacher was Chao Buzhi...

"Mr. Yi'an, how are you?"

At the Zhao family mansion in Qingzhou, Cao Jie once again met this close friend with whom he had only met once and later became friends through literature.

I saw that she was still wearing a shiny black peony bun with a golden hairpin inserted in it. She walked gracefully, but the hairpin did not move, just like flowing water.

Time has left no trace on her body, but she exudes a unique charm formed by the passage of time.

Different from the beauty of delicate flowers, it is like a ripe peach, which makes people unable to stop.

Zhao Mingcheng stood aside with a hunched back, looking at his beautiful wife, and then secretly looking at the frightening little King Wei.

"Cao Jilang..."

After Li Qingzhao finished speaking, she thought of his current identity and felt hesitant.

Who could have expected that the pen pal with whom he occasionally corresponded, the talented junior, would become the leader of a rebellion and the King of Shandong.

"Mr. Yi'an, you and I have been exchanging letters for a long time and have become close friends. Why should we be so formal?"

In front of Zhao Mingcheng, Cao Jie openly acted like a minotaur.

Zhao Mingcheng felt bitter, what could he do?
Your life is in other people's hands.

"If I had known that Mr. Zhao was the husband of Ms. Yi An, I would never have let Mr. Zhao suffer for half a year."

"The King of Wei is busy with many things every day, and I deserve to suffer like this."

Zhao Mingcheng smiled awkwardly, then winked at Li Qingzhao...

(End of this chapter)