"That's it for now, let's eat first."

Seeing that he didn't care, Li Dalang and Yan Liulang couldn't help laughing.

Ouyang Rong laughed and shook his head.

His memorial was indeed against it.

But the point of opposition is a little different from most opponents.

Well, he made a serious calculation for His Majesty...

Naturally, this kind of calm and "straight man" rhetoric is not as fierce and conspicuous as the expressions expressed by straight-faced ministers such as Li Cishi and Wei Yushi.

I don’t know if the queen read his memorial.

Anyway, in the end, the storm did not affect him at all.

About half an hour later, the luncheon on the second floor came to an end, and the scholars' discussions gradually subsided and they dispersed.

Ouyang Rong and his party also left Yunshui Pavilion.

In fact, there have been no fewer than ten meetings a day in places like Yunshui Pavilion where there are many scholars and scholars.

Ouyang Rong walked out of Yunshui Pavilion and frowned slightly.

The emotions among the civil servants were more intense than he imagined. Even the scholars in Jiangzhou as far away as Jiangnan Road were discussing the matter heatedly. He didn't know what the quarrel was like in other places...

In the next few days, as expected, some scholars gradually gathered at the entrance of Jiangzhou Hall to protest against Jiangzhou's construction of the Buddha statue.

Ouyang Rong turned a deaf ear and went to Prince Xunyang's Mansion every day to "discuss" the strategy of building the Donglin Buddha with Li Xian, who was the governor of Jiangnan.

On the way, he also went to the abbot of Xunyangdu to hold a sage ceremony to bless the boat with good weather.

Looking at the traffickers and lackeys who were living their lives honestly, Ouyang Rong suddenly realized that the matters that the officials and scholars were concerned about and argued about had nothing to do with the majority of the people below.

Unless in order to build the Buddha statue, Jiangzhou Hall eats ugly food and collects exorbitant taxes to raise food supplies.

However, with him as the governor of Jiangzhou, sitting in the lobby of Jiangzhou, this kind of thing will naturally not happen.

For a time, in Xunyang City, except for the noisy criticisms made by scholars who liked "key politics" who gathered in teahouses and taverns, all other people's livelihoods were intact.

However, the low-key operation of the Jiangzhou lobby and the motionless Jiangzhou governors obviously did not satisfy the passionate scholars.

When Ouyang Rong rode Dongmei on and off duty, he was often stopped by young scholars in the street.

I asked Master Chang Shi what he thought of the Songde Center of the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Why didn't he and Jiangzhou Hall speak out? Could it be that they really wanted to obey the wrong actions of the imperial court.

Ouyang Rong walked around calmly every time.

Later, in order to reduce trouble, Yan Liulang prepared a carriage for him and traveled in a low-key manner.

On this day, a somewhat anxious Yan Liulang came to ask how to deal with the scholars who gathered to protest outside Jiangzhou Hall.

Ouyang Rong went out freely and went to the Shuangfeng Peak for inspection as planned. Before leaving, he left this sentence:

"As long as it doesn't affect the livelihood of normal people in the city, just let them be."

The next half ten days.

News is coming from various places one after another.

In all the ten states of the world, public sentiment agitated in some state capitals, and local scholars directly attacked the government offices to protest against the construction of Buddha statues and bronze tributes.

There are hundreds of states in the Great Zhou Dynasty, and the folk customs in some places are more fierce, which is expected.

Especially in Guizhou, Yangzhou, Taiyuan and other state capitals where Buddhist statues were built, there were many protests.

The officials in some states chose to go head-to-head and directly suppressed the soldiers, resulting in several cases of bloodshed and imprisonment.

For a time, the imperial court was shaken, and the discussion among scholars became more and more heated.

The imperial court in Shendu sent an edict to all states, with strict wording and demanding appropriate and serious handling. It should not affect the construction of the Songde Center of the Great Zhou Dynasty and the four directions of Buddha statues.

Sitting in the main hall, Ouyang Rong couldn't help but look deep in thought after reading these official documents.

After getting off duty that evening, when the carriage he was riding passed by the door, he opened the curtain and glanced at the protesting scholars who were gathered in groups of twos and twos outside the Jiangzhou Hall, and even became sporadic at meal time.

Ouyang Rong thought he was cute no matter how he looked at it. He suddenly felt that the temper of the Jiangzhou scholars was actually quite good, and they were quite respectable. Well, they had the characteristics of Jiangzhou local salted fish...

I just don’t know if the news of this wave of bloodshed among the scholars will once again stimulate these naive and passionate scholars once it reaches Jiangzhou.

Ouyang Rong sighed softly and lowered the car curtain.

I really hope they can not forget their original intention and continue to maintain their fishing style.

Every day that followed, Ouyang Rong, as the governor of Jiangsu Province, frequently went to the Prince of Xunyang's Mansion to discuss the construction of a Buddha with a certain Jiangnan governor.

Although Li Xian was granted the title of Governor of Jiangnan, it was only in name only.

Specific matters will be handed over to the following deputies, Ouyang Rong and Wang Lengran, as usual.

It's just that Wang Lengran still doesn't care about anything, and Ouyang Rong has full authority to take care of it.

Of course, this was also because Li Xian was completely partial to Ouyang Rong.

Taking advantage of the fact that the main energy of the Wei family was on strengthening the Songde Center of the Great Zhou Dynasty in the Wei Zhou legal system.

Ouyang Rong seized the rare window period.

He and Jiangzhou Hall did not wait for the so-called 20,000 yuan of powder money, and directly contacted Wang Caozhi, shopkeeper Ma and other associates.

People arrived one after another and funds were in place.
Chapter completed!