Chapter 137: Demonic magic?Misfortunes never come singly!Continuous attacks! Songyinxuan Teahouse! "Have you heard that a well-known reform official in the imperial court was assassinated at the gate of the Engineering College before his trial?" someone whispered.
This statement immediately aroused heated discussion.
"Is there such a thing? That's someone personally selected by His Majesty the Emperor. Who is so bold?"
"Hmph! Some people are more courageous than you think. Think about what they are doing now. Which one of them does not have a huge impact on the interests of some people?
It's normal to be retaliated against, but I didn't expect those people to be so crazy and attack directly at the emperor's feet, at the gate of the Engineering College.
Your Majesty is furious now! "
Having said this, many people are feeling sorry for Shen Liqian's death.
"What a good person. I heard that he is a colleague of Songjiang Prefecture. He is doing very well in Songjiang Prefecture. He has great political achievements and a good reputation. Eh..."
"Official circles are dangerous!"
"The main thing is that I have done so many things that offend people. It's hard not to be remembered."
"No one should dare to carry out reforms now."
"Now that I think about it, it seems that those who reformed in the book did not end well.
Shang Yang of the Pre-Qin Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi of the Song Dynasty did not end well. "
"So it's wrong to talk about reforms. Isn't this just a stab in the lungs? How can they not retaliate? It's a pity. What a good official!"
"Hmph! What I'm saying is that if Mr. Chen Han hadn't made such great reforms, how could businessmen like you and me be so leisurely here? How could we make so much money?"
"Look at how excited you are. I didn't say that I wasn't grateful for Mr. Chen's kindness to us. I meant that it is really dangerous for officials."
There is nothing wrong with this sentence.
There was a moment of sadness in the teahouse.
In fact, everyone knows that reform is a good thing.
But when I heard that the reform had only taken more than half a year, officials encountered assassinations.
And he was so vicious that he was assassinated at the gate of the Engineering College at the feet of the Emperor.
This clearly shows that someone is deliberately targeting reform.
And being able to take such a big risk to do this shows how offended those people were.
You can also see how crazy those guys are.
Someone else said: "I heard that the madman committed suicide by swallowing medicine on the spot after assassinating Master Shen."
Everyone was shocked: "So decisive? This was done to prevent others from finding out."
"Who is so brave?"
"Who is doing such a thing at such a time? If His Majesty is found out, His Majesty will have his entire family executed."
Another person said: "If someone dares to do such a thing, he must be fully prepared. After the assassination, he will take pills and commit suicide immediately. There is no evidence to prove his death, and you will have no way to investigate."
"Ha, even so, it's easy to think of it, right? We just need to find out who this person is and follow the clues to his hometown. Can we still take something out of the mouths of his family members?
Unless he is alone, he must have some agenda. How can he be so decisive when acting as a weapon for others?Even a dead soldier must have a master, right? This matter is not that simple. Someone must pay the price, so we will wait and see. "
This incident spread quickly, and many people were speculating that it must have been done by those in the southeast who had suffered losses.
Some people also speculate that many civil servants may also do such things.
After all, those scholars whose interests were most affected by Chen Han's reforms were these scholars.
It is a great good thing for the common people to share the work of farmers and farmers, and to have officials and gentry work together as errands to pay the grain.
The people never wanted anything to happen to the reformers, and that would fall on the officials and gentry.
They have enjoyed a high status and tax-free privileges since ancient times.
Now that these privileges have been taken away for no reason, they are the losers.
Also, after the Jenny spinning machine and the flying shuttle loom are popularized in Jiangnan, although the workshop owners can make more money by speeding up their efficiency one by one.
But it offended the interests of some aristocratic families.
If the shuttle loom and the spinning jenny were in the hands of a single family, they would readily embrace technological innovation.
But the bad thing is that this technology is in the hands of the imperial court, but the imperial court does not regard this as a great opportunity to gain profits. Instead, it vigorously promotes it. Everyone can buy these two things from the craftsmanship factory of the imperial ministry of industry. machine.
Then even ordinary people's families can get benefits, so they can't have an exclusive monopoly, but it will make some big families unhappy.
They may also send people to assassinate the reformers.
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Chen Han's mansion.
Chen Han, who had not eaten for two days, kept holding the piece of iron that Shen Liqian had worn on his body.
I have been blaming myself all the time.
If it weren't for the instigation of himself and Xia Yuanji, Shen Liqian took off the iron piece, and even joked that he was afraid of death, Shen Liqian might have kept the iron piece on his body, and he would not have died on the spot when he was assassinated.
This is entirely your own responsibility.
Princess Jiangdu came in with food and looked at Chen Han, who was still holding the piece of iron on the bed.
As soon as he put down the food, he saw Chen Hanteng jump up from the bed and hurriedly asked Princess Jiangdu.
"How's the investigation going with the Criminal Department?"
Zhu Youwei replied with dark eyes, "In the past few days, the Ministry of Punishment, Dali Temple, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate have been ordered to conduct strict investigations by the emperor and his father.
But that person is not from the capital, for the time being..."
Chen Han immediately said, "Since he is not from the capital, why can't Shangyuan County check where this person's household registration is? It is even more important to find out who put the refugees into the capital. Isn’t the capital under the emperor’s feet and the most strict place? How could we allow refugees to break in at will and not just follow the clues and check them out? Who is so irresponsible?
Who is deliberately leaving a backdoor for those assassins? Can't this be found out? "
Zhu Youwei knew that Chen Han was anxious about this matter, and when she heard what he said, she also sighed, "I checked, checked everything, that person may have been lurking in the capital for several days.
Even though there are patrols patrolling the area every day and every night, the curfew is now very lax.
After the opening of the night market proposed by Mr. Xia, the curfew became ineffective.
The night market is prosperous, and people of all sizes can enter and leave the capital at will.
Shangyuan County has limited military strength and cannot monitor every citizen in place. "
Chen Han sat dejectedly on the bed. He finally felt the helpless feeling that Shang Yang had back then.
At that time, Shang Yang instituted the Lian Li Fa and the laws were strict, ordering all the people to report to outsiders.
This move indeed enabled the implementation of Legalist thought very deeply, but it also left a hidden danger.
That is, people will report any strangers.
So when Shang Yang escaped, he stayed in a guest house. He was immediately reported and arrested.
He was brought to justice by his own laws.
And now Shen Liqian's death is also due to their reforms, which opened the night market in the capital and made the curfew ineffective. It is impossible to find out whether everyone stranded in the capital is a refugee.
Even if all officials and soldiers in Shangyuan County go out on patrol, they still cannot verify the identity of every refugee.
So where did this refugee come from and how long he had been staying in the feeling of powerlessness made Chen Han feel like he was hit hard.
"You can't blame them... You can't blame them. Then... isn't there any clue?" Chen Han asked expectantly.
Zhu Youwei originally wanted to comfort Chen Han.
But now he can only reply: "No, I don't know if the people sent by Grandpa Huang and my father have found out the news. Anyway, not yet."
Chen Han suddenly became angry, "It's been seven days. In seven days, there has been no news from the Ministry of Punishment. We don't even know where the person came from?
No clues?We still have to ask His Majesty and others to send people to Jiangnan to search. Is this looking for a needle in a haystack?
What does the Ministry of Justice do for food? "
After saying that, he stood up immediately, and Zhu Youwei pulled him, "What are you going to do?"
"I have to go to the Ministry of Punishment to confront me, I have to go to Dali Temple, and I have to go to the Inspectorate."
"What's the point of doing this? It'll just show them how angry you are."
Chen Han said while putting on his clothes, "I know, I know they like to see me running around like a mad dog.
But if I don't do anything and I am as quiet as if I am in trance, how will they laugh at me? They will say that the reforms led by me, Chen Han, failed to protect my colleagues and even my confidants.
Something happened to them, and I didn’t even have the courage to come forward and ask for an explanation.
Then who would dare to follow me in carrying out reforms in the future?
This kind of momentum is what they want. They kill Shen Liqian and the people around me to scare the monkeys.
Can I allow those officials who want to join me in reforms to back off?
I don’t want to turn things upside down, and I don’t want to cause chaos in the entire capital.
If I make these officials who are just watching the fun feel uneasy, am I still a human being?
The more they want me to calm down, the more I want to make a big fuss, find out who did this, and take off his head.
Not only to take revenge, but also to let them know that I must continue the reform, and I will kill anyone who obstructs it! ! "
After saying that, he ran out.
Chen Han was completely angered this time.
I originally thought that if I asked people like the new department to investigate, they would at least get some information.
But in seven days, they didn't have any clues. Isn't this malfeasance? Seeing Chen Han go out and not even eat the food on the table, Zhu Youwei was very worried: "I haven't eaten in two days!!"
In the next day, the entire capital knew about it.
Chen Han In order to find out the murderer of Shen Liqian, Mr. Chen directly caused trouble in the entire Criminal Department, Inspectorate and Dali Temple.
He even pointed at the nose of the Minister of Justice and scolded him for being incompetent and useless.
The Dali Temple, the Ministry of Punishment and the Inspectorate were in a state of unrest.
He even said it directly.
I will marry Princess Jiangdu from now on. I am a relative of the emperor. How dare you ignore the relatives of the emperor and kill my colleagues in front of me. If you find out, I will die. It's not as simple as that one murderer.
If I can't trample you one by one, including all of you derelict officials, I will not be a relative of the emperor.
Chen Han's determination to find the murderer at all costs has indeed aroused the vigilance of many people.
Just as they thought, they thought that after Chen Han suffered the disadvantage of being mute, they couldn't find any clues, and then they could only sigh.
That way, they can spread the word.
Look at what will happen if you follow him to carry out reforms, you will die without a burial place.
But now they made a mistake. Chen Han did not remain silent, and even wanted to find the murderer at all costs.
This aura and the mentality of retribution made many people know that he was covered in thorns and was not someone to be trifled with.
This actually became a layer of protection for Chen Han, making the troublemakers behind him take advantage of him.
And just when Chen Han was still looking for the murderer of Kamili Ken.
Something that neither he nor Xia Yuanji expected happened at this time.
It turns out that there was a large-scale wave of students dropping out of the college.
Many craftsmen left with their sons, and some of the sons of businessmen were unwilling to come to the engineering college again.
Chen Han and Xia Yuanji personally went to the homes of those students to inquire.
But after questioning, I found that the elders actually said directly that their children were not allowed to go to the engineering college to learn magic.
Chen Han was stunned for a moment when he heard them saying that he was practicing magic here.
I didn't expect these people to think of me so much.
I have proposed that these students go to my engineering college, and after graduation, they can directly start from the seventh-grade official position. Some people still don't believe me.
These people were all happy and lively in the beginning.
But now I actually listen to the rumors that all the engineering colleges are learning evil arts, which is simply unreasonable.
"We are learning science and doing experiments." Chen Han had no choice but to explain.
But after hearing this, the other elder snorted, "What kind of experiment, what kind of science, if you go against the gods, you will be dealt with by the gods sooner or later.
We need to know that you are practicing witchcraft, and we will never let my children learn from you.
Even if we don't become officials in the future, we can still support ourselves by doing small crafts. If we collide with the gods, we will die.
People were killed at the entrance of your college. How can you guarantee that our children will not be killed like this?
You go away, you don’t want to learn anymore, you don’t want to learn anymore. "
After that, he closed the door.
The two of them visited several houses in a row and got the same answer.
It seems like someone is pushing something secretly.
Since Shen Liqian was assassinated, the College of Engineering has been thrust into the spotlight.
A wave of rumors began to spread.
Everyone is saying that engineering colleges study black magic.
Therefore, people died as a retribution from God.
Some people even say that Shen Liqian was not assassinated, but was struck to death by the God of Thunder with thunder.
Others said that it was a ferocious King Kong that possessed the body of a homeless man and then used its divine power to kill Shen Liqian.
Some people even say that it is because people like Shen Liqian, Chen Han, and Xia Yuanji are causing trouble and roaming the world.
Therefore, the gods in the sky couldn't see it and deliberately sent messengers down to take their lives.
The frightened elders no longer dare to send their children to school...
(End of this chapter)