"As a dignified virtual saint, it is really ungentlemanly of you to do this!" Ge Yiming looked at Fang Yun with a cold face.
"I was sitting at home, and you came to my house and asked me to commit treason. I didn't chop off your head with a sword, which was already very kind of me. Remember to tell your uncle that he did something wrong." Fang Yun said.
"What did my uncle do wrong?" Ge Yiming asked.
"He will know when the literary meeting is over. Come, show him away!" Fang Yun said, then lowered his head to look at the official documents.
"You..." Ge Yiming didn't expect Fang Yun to treat him like this. He angrily threw his sleeves and turned to walk out.
Stepping out of the door, Ge Yiming gritted his teeth and said, "I came here to give you good advice, but you treated me like this! People in Qingjiang Commercial Bank said that since your governor has torn his face and destroyed our commercial building, I, as the young master of the commercial bank, should follow Qing Jun's calligraphy and go out of the city to welcome Qing Jun. However, I admire your literary reputation and wanted to have a heart-to-heart talk with you, but who knew that your kindness was taken for granted! In this case, it's no wonder that I sent a letter to Xiangzhou, calling on a group of literary friends to hold Qing Jun's calligraphy to welcome Qing Jun!"
At the end, Ge Yiming suddenly said, "Governor Fang, don't go too far!"
"So this is your purpose. Well, that's good." Fang Yun actually spoke in an appreciative tone, like a teacher teaching a child.
Ge Yiming snorted coldly, turned and left. Although he felt frustrated, he did not admit defeat in his heart.
"You are very resourceful, and I, Ge Yiming, am not bad either. The real purpose of my coming here, in addition to persuasion, is to find an excuse to join in welcoming Qing Jun! It is normal for Qingjiang Commercial Bank to welcome Qing Jun. After all, Qingjiang Commercial Bank is an industry of Qing State, but I am a Jinshi from Xiangzhou. If I follow them to welcome Qing Jun, my reputation will be bad. Therefore, as long as I do this in a way that makes it look like I am humiliated and angry, someone will respond! Since you are unwilling to surrender to Qing State, then we will join forces to destroy you and sacrifice to Brother Ji's spirit in heaven!"
As Ge Yiming walked out, he posted a document he had prepared long ago on the discussion board, and then wrote down the process of his conversation with Fang Yun in the style of the Spring and Autumn Period. He did not dare to tell lies, nor did he dare to put the original words on it. He then lamented that he was insulted, and then said that he had to fight back. He hoped that his friends in Xiangzhou would go with him to welcome Qingjun, let Qingjun uphold justice and restore his dignity.
A few breaths after Ge Yiming published the article, some Xiangzhou scholars responded immediately as if they were prepared, and spoke righteously, criticizing Fang Yun for being arrogant, contemptuous, and insolent. For the sake of their friendship with Ge Yiming, they decided not to care about the differences between the two countries and went to the streets with Ge Yiming to welcome Emperor Qing.
On East City Avenue, many scholars followed the team from Qingjiang Commercial Bank that was welcoming Qing Jun, and many of them were ready to watch the fun.
"Ge Yiming is coming!"
"Tsk tsk, I was just here to watch the fun, but who knew it would turn into a good show? There must be a lot of drama today!"
"Ge Yiming has no shame at all. Although he is the nephew of Ge Baiwan, he is also a Jinshi of Jing State. Such behavior is outrageous to both heaven and man. I don't believe that there will be scholars in Xiangzhou who will take to the streets with him!"
"It's hard to say about this kind of thing. Don't forget that when Xiangzhou left Qing, although a large number of former Qing people returned to their country, some Qing people stayed here. Those former Qing people who stayed in Xiangzhou will definitely come out to support Ge Yiming."
"Look, the scholars in Jiangzhou look unhappy, and they seem to be scolding Ge Yiming."
"After all, they are Fang Xusheng's fellow villagers. Fortunately, this is Xiangzhou. If Ge Yiming dared to do such a thing in Jiangzhou, the grass on his grave would be three feet high."
"Alas... We Xiangzhou people are too disunited. Whether we fully side with Qing or Jing, nothing serious will happen. Now... it's hard to predict."
Baling City was extremely large, and the roads were crowded; the people from Qingjiang Trading Company walked slowly, and it took them a long time to reach the East City Gate.
Suddenly, there was a commotion at an intersection ahead, and a group of scholars in official uniforms were seen heading towards the Qingjiang Commercial Bank's team to welcome Qing Jun.
Fang Yun's classmates in Jiangzhou happened to be nearby, and they immediately looked over there. They saw that a large number of scholars, led by Jinshi Ge Yiming, had joined the team of Qingjiang Trading Company, causing the number of scholars in Qingjiang Trading Company to increase dramatically.
Ning Zhiyuan, who was once a classmate of Fang Yun, sighed and said, "There are at least a hundred people, right? It looks like the number will increase. You can imagine the pressure Fang Yun is under. He must be very worried."
"The significance of these scholars joining in welcoming Lord Qing is of great significance. The Left Prime Minister even has an excuse to impeach Fang Yun. Forcing the country's scholars to welcome the king of an enemy country is enough for the responsible officials to submit a petition of apology at any time." Lu Yu said.
"The key is that most of them are scholars, and there are so many of them that it is difficult for Fang Yun to handle them."
"Looking at this situation, Lord Wen Xiang has to come. Just thinking about it gives me a headache for Fang Yun."
"However, this is also good. Ge Yiming has torn off the fig leaf, and the two sides are at war. As long as Fang Yun wins today, he can uproot Qingjiang Commercial Bank's influence in Xiangzhou and avoid any more trouble in the future."
"That's what you say, but what should Fang Yun do? Even if Fang Yun beats Zhang Longxiang, he may not be able to keep his position as governor. If he loses his position, Liu Shan can take the opportunity to cause trouble and force Fang Yun to go to the front line to fight against the monsters."
"Huh? Look, those seem to be people from the Wu Kingdom. There are thousands of them in a huge crowd. There also seem to be some private soldiers. I wonder which big shot they are."
"I'll ask my friends in Wuguo."
Everyone present looked at the Wu people, very curious as to why they came into the city in such a large number. Normally they would wait for the literary gathering outside Yueyang Tower and leave after it was over.
After a while, Ma Yuan said in surprise, "That's Wu Jun! I thought one of them looked familiar. Look at the middle-aged man wearing a juren's uniform and carrying a big sword on his waist. He's the majestic one. That's Wu Jun. Wu Jun was once a juren, and he likes swords the most. He must be him."
"Lord Wu... Sigh, everyone knows his temper. He loves to join in the fun and to stir up trouble. It is said that the Wu Censors are the most united because they write letters to advise Lord Wu every few days, and impeach him every two or three years. The scene is very grand. What a talent..."
"As the ruler of a country, he put aside his yellow robe and paraded through the streets in his imperial examination uniform, watching the excitement. How bizarre."
"Although he caused trouble, it seemed that he never caused any trouble for Wu State. On the contrary, some of his imperial edicts seemed absurd, but in the end they achieved excellent results. Under the attack of Qi State and Qing State, Wu State did not fall, and this Wu Jun contributed a lot."
As everyone was chatting, Ge Yiming's eloquent words could be heard throughout the city.
"I am Ge Yiming. I don't want to cause trouble, but Governor Fang is so aggressive that I have no choice but to take this bad measure. I welcome Mr. Qing just to make Governor Fang pay attention to scholars like us. I hope the elders of Xiangzhou will forgive me. From today on, I will definitely take the blame, give away all my family wealth, and give out 100,000 taels of silver to support Xiangzhou scholars."
After hearing Ge Yiming's words, many people were shaken.
Suddenly, someone spoke out loudly.
"If a brat like you were in Wu Country, I would have killed as many of you as I could! What the hell! If no one had stopped me, I would have spit a mouthful of old phlegm in your face!"
Many people frowned, wondering how could this statement be so disgusting.
.(To be continued.)