Opposite Sun Zhixian sat a young man, who looked to be in his twenties. This man was a student of Sun Zhixian, named Xia Jian.

Xia Jian came from a wealthy family. His ancestors were officials in the Ministry of Justice of the Ming Dynasty. His father also had a reputation as a scholar and was good at making money. He was also a large local landowner. His family owned more than 100,000 acres of land and more than 20 shops.

This time the imperial court carried out land reform in Shandong, which dealt a heavy blow to the Xia Jian family. If the land reform continued, their family would lose most of their land.

Xia Jian looked at the old man on the lounge chair opposite, he raised his hands and said:

"Teacher, Hong Chengchou has already convinced the Prince of Lu's Mansion. He has heard that he is going to the Confucius family in Qufu in a few days. As long as Hong Chengchou continues to convince the Confucius family, Shandong's land reform will be unstoppable!"

After hearing this, Sun Zhixian slowly sat up from the recliner. He picked up a cup of tea on the coffee table in front of him, took a few sips, and then put the cup down gently before saying:

"The Prince of Lu will actively cooperate with Hong Chengchou's land reform in Shandong, Ansheng, do you believe it?"

Xia Jian, courtesy name Ansheng.

Xia Jian shook his head and said:

"It's unbelievable. It should be some kind of agreement reached between Prince Lu's Palace and the young Emperor Shenwu. Actively cooperating with the land reform is just a show for us scholars!"

Sun Zhixian nodded in agreement:

"Yes, I think so too. Part of the land of Prince Lu's Mansion was given by the late emperor, and the other part of the land was annexed.

As the vassal kings of the Ming Dynasty, if they handed over half of their land, what would their descendants eat in a few decades? Could the Ming Dynasty let the royal family starve to death?

The Kong family will not cooperate with the land reform. They have the backing of scholars all over the world. The emperor of any dynasty will win over them. Who dares to openly divide their land?

Although the little emperor is called the little evil star, he still dares not touch the land of the Kong family. Even if the little emperor dares to risk the disapproval of the world, the Emperor Chongzhen is still here, will he agree?"

Ansheng, there must be something fishy here. Contact more like-minded scholars. Regardless of whether the Lu Palace and the Kong family cooperate with the land reform, we scholars will fight to the death..."

Xia Jian nodded, immediately stood up and whispered in Sun Zhixian's ear:

"Teacher, the student has a good plan, which should make the little emperor stop the land reform in Shandong..."

Hearing this, Sun Zhixian hurriedly reached out and patted Xia Jian on the shoulder:

"An Sheng, please tell me quickly and let the teacher hear if it's appropriate!"

Xia Jian:

"Teacher, if you want the land reform of the little emperor Shenwu to be impossible to carry out in Shandong, all you need to do is provoke a fight between the scholars and the little emperors all over the world!"

When Zhu Cihong was still the crown prince, he formed a quarrel with the literati because he wanted to kill corrupt officials. After he became emperor, even the officials did not dare to find fault in the court.

After that, Emperor Shenwu greatly improved the status of military generals, making the military generals of the Ming Dynasty more stable than civil servants. This made the civil servants very unhappy, and basically they all had their own misfortunes...

The land reform was against the gentry all over the world. For Sun Zhixian, what else could make the scholars all over the world more unhappy?

He looked at Xia Jian with suspicion and said:

"How can we make the fight between the little emperor and the scholars in the world more intense? Are the little emperor and the scholars in the world harmonious now? No way!"

Xia Jian smiled slyly and said:

"Buying a desperado and letting Hong Chengchou die in the Confucius family when Hong Chengchou went to the Confucius family, how did the teacher think the little emperor would treat the Confucius family?

The students believed that the executor of the Shenwu New Deal was assassinated in Qufu, and with the temper of the little emperor, he would definitely kill the Kong family.

Qufu is a holy place for scholars in the world, and they will definitely use various methods to fight openly and covertly with the little emperor. Does the little emperor still have the heart to carry out land reform?"

"Assassinate Hong Chengchou? Frame the Kong family? Are you kidding..."

Sun Zhixian, who is fearless and specializes in harming others, suddenly trembled when he heard Xia Jian's words:

"Oh my god, how bold does it take to do this? Most people wouldn't even dare to think about it, unless they don't want to live anymore..."

It was okay for Sun Zhixian to secretly write a book to scold the emperor, but assassinating Hong Chengchou and framing the Confucius family was really shocking, and Sun Zhixian really didn't dare to do it.

Now that Xia Jian proposed it, Sun Zhixian had this idea, but he would not come forward. Xia Jian had to do everything. He rolled his eyes and said:

"Yeah, that's good. An Sheng's idea is a good one. Arrange this matter and make sure it's done cleanly. Once the matter is revealed, kill that person immediately."

After Sun Zhixian finished speaking, he thought for a moment and then said:

"Teacher, you can't be idle. After you send people to Qufu, I will write a book to slander the little emperor. If he attacks Qufu, our literati will make them jump into the Yellow River to wash away their confusion..."

"Okay, that's it. Let's take our leave, students!"

Xia Jian bowed to Sun Zhixian, then said goodbye and left...

After Xia Jian left, Sun Zhixian began to think about writing a book to curse others.

He did what he said, and the next day Sun Zhiqi began to write a book to criticize Emperor Shenwu...

If you can't beat him, you can only scold him. What is the emperor most afraid of? Of course, a bad reputation.

Although the little emperor seemed to be desperate to carry out reforms, Sun Zhishen did not believe that he cared about his reputation at all!

If the reputation is bad, the New Deal will not be implemented!

Didn’t Emperor Chongzhen abdicate? Then I will write about you forcing your father to seize the throne!

Didn't you steal your grandfather's house? That's good. To save me from framing him, I wrote it as a blood relative forced to death!

Aren't you cutting down the feudal vassal, abolishing the hereditary system, and neglecting replacement? Then I will write that you violated the ancestral precepts, exploited the clan, and were mean to the heroes!

There are also all kinds of atrocities committed before and after he ascended the throne. Those atrocities are countless, including killing ministers and insulting scholars. I will expand it ten times and a hundred times...

On the third day, the book was finished, and Sun Zhixian suddenly realized that he had no money to publish it!

So he could only print a few copies to try. As a result, the dozens of copies he just printed were sold out immediately due to the explosive content...

Just when Sun Zhijie was worried about money, an unexpected surprise happened. A financial owner took the initiative to ask for financing to support him in printing, or in large quantities...

Sun Zhixian knew that someone was going to cause trouble, but he was even more ruthless than himself...

"The writing is very good. Keep writing. I hope you will write in big and close-ups. I will publish it for you as much as you write. I will never expose anything about you. The little emperor is trying to kill the gentry and scholars. We cannot sit back and wait for death..."

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! The person's face was covered with a black cloth, and judging from the person's accent, he seemed to be from the South.

The background is huge. In addition to publishing and printing, the sponsor also asked him to win over scholars to spread rumors...

Of course, Sun Zhixian knew that the gentry and landlords did not like Emperor Shenwu. In their minds, the most suitable emperor was Emperor Chongzhen.

If Emperor Shenwu could be brought down, their day of success as gentry, landlords and scholars would come.

But Sun Zhixian was also afraid. He was afraid that he would be exposed. Once it was revealed that he had written those books, Emperor Shenwu would definitely destroy his three clans...

Except for Sun Zhixian and Xia Jian, almost all gentry and landowners in Shandong opposed Emperor Shenwu's land reform. They had previously focused on the Confucius family.

I originally thought that the Kong family would take the lead in resisting land reform, but unexpectedly, the Kong family, who had been actively resisting land reform, suddenly stopped talking.

After inquiring, they found out that a Jinyi guard had come to threaten the Kong family, but only killed a housekeeper and did not take action against the Kong family.

From then on, the Confucius family never talked about resisting land reform in public, but secretly they still conspired with some civil servants and distinguished scholars to resist land reform.

Their method of resistance was to incite uninformed people to oppose land reform. Of course, they also bribed green men to cause trouble, but the scale and methods were relatively mild for the time being, and no major riots occurred.

Of course, this is also related to Hong Chengchou. So far, Hong Chengchou has been lobbying the Shandong gentry and landlord families. He hopes that these people can cooperate with the land reform.

Although Hong Chengchou was very fierce in fighting bandits, as a scholar, he would never dare to make trouble against the Confucius family, let alone take strong measures against the scholars.

Sun Zhixian and others knew that Hong Chengchou did not dare to disobey the imperial edict and would definitely push forward the land reform by force in the end. He did not dare to move in Qufu, but other areas in Shandong would definitely carry out the reform to the end.

At present, land reform in two prefectures in Shandong is going very smoothly, namely Dengzhou Prefecture and Laizhou Prefecture.

Because these two prefectures were the territory of Kim Riguan, under the force of deterrence and suppression by General Denglai General Kim Riguan, the land reform in these two prefectures was carried out fairly smoothly.

In fact, Shandong's land reform still has to face two giants, one is the Kong family in Qufu, and the other is the Lu Palace.

What Hong Chengchou didn't expect was that Emperor Shenwu directly summoned the vassal kings across the country and asked them to hand over the occupied land. He dared to refuse land reform and directly cut down the vassals.

Although the vassal kings were very unhappy, they finally chose to compromise in the face of the little murderer. King Lu of Shandong cooperated with Hong Chengchou's land reform.

Hong Chengchou, who originally had no confidence in Shandong's land reform, immediately became energetic after leaving Prince Lu's palace and began to have confidence in the subsequent land reform.

A vassal king who was kept in captivity by the Ming Dynasty for more than two hundred years in the name of raising pigs actively cooperated with the land reform. Would the Kong family, which is a holy place for scholars, refuse?

So they prepared to have a good chat with Yan Shenggong, hoping that the Kong family would actively cooperate with the Shenwu New Deal and take the lead in the land reform of the Ming Dynasty.

Hong Chengchou plans to go to the Confucius Mansion to pay homage to Duke Yan...

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In a residential compound outside Chuzhou City, dozens of young people with stern faces stood neatly in a row, silently everywhere.

They were sixteen or seventeen years old. They were all dressed in powerful attire, with swords slung behind their backs. They exuded a murderous aura. They were obviously battle-hardened people.

The leader was a dark-faced middle-aged man, walking slowly in front of the team. He glanced at the group of dead soldiers and said in a deep voice:

"According to reliable information, the little emperor is coming to Chuzhou today. Are you ready?"

This group of young people whispered:

"Ready, ready to go at any time!"

The middle-aged man slowly drew out his saber and said:

"King Chuang rescued you from famine and raised you. This is a great opportunity for you to avenge King Chuang. I hope you will work hard to move forward and not retreat in fear of death!"

"Swear to avenge King Chuang!"

These young people shouted in unison, with coldness exuding in their eyes.
To be continued...