Hearing that the queen said that Wei Xiaolan and Liu Sanlang were still betting against each other in private, Tianqi couldn't help but shake his head secretly in his heart, Wei and Liu are both scheming people who still want to fight, and it is difficult for a scheming person like Feng Siqin to guarantee that he will not secretly calculate against others, so it can be seen that where there are people, there is a fight. Tianqi raised his eyes and looked over, only to see a few small eunuchs at a big table outside who were writing something while collecting the money with low eyebrows, seeing that there were palace maids and eunuchs everywhere going back and forth to hand over there, Tianqi turned his head and asked Tan Jing and learned that it was the place to bet on winning and losing, and he felt that fighting was human nature.

Betting on winning or losing is proposed by Zheng Lao Guifei, that is, Zheng Lao Guifei sits in the village to accept other people's bets to see who can get the first, and the bet is right, double the return, and the bet is wrong. Others sit in the village or set the odds to make the difference, I heard that Zheng Lao Guifei does not take the head and does not set the odds, her person is only equivalent to a hand, and there is no limit to how much. Tianqi thought that this old concubine Zheng might not be for money, she was just to make her heart calm for too long a little more exciting, maybe she was still nostalgic for the past when she personally participated in the battle.

Remembering that he fell into the water back then, Tianqi said to Tan Jing: "Along the way, there are many boats with good water quality to wait on the side, in case someone falls into the water, rescue them in time." ”

Tan Jing said: "The emperor can rest assured, the servants have already sent people." ”

Apocalypse nodded, turned to the queen and said, "It seems that both young and old in the palace like to fight, isn't it wrong for me to ask everyone not to fight?" ”

The queen said: "It is human nature to fight, and kittens and dogs have to chase each other and fight when they are fine, let alone people? But everything has a degree, and fighting too much is also a bad thing, so the emperor's request is also right. ”

Just as the two were talking, Wang Tiqian came to report that everything was ready to wait for the Apocalypse order to begin, Apocalypse stood up and looked, only to see that the boats on the shore were all ready to go, and there were five people sitting on each boat, Apocalypse nodded and said to Wang Tiqian: "You can start, you go and give orders." With that, he sat down and prepared to watch.

As soon as Wang Tiqian left, he saw Yang Gongchun coming over and whispered: "Your Majesty, according to reliable information, the Donglin Party held a meeting at the Holy Academy a few days ago. ”

Tianqi quietly said "um", and Yang Gongchun continued: "It is said that the final result is that they are ready to publish articles that conform to their own thoughts in the newspaper that the emperor asked them to run, and they have not given up the idea of restricting imperial power, but they have temporarily stopped using newspapers to see the emperor's attitude. ”

Apocalypse said, "Got it, you told your people to keep an eye on their every move. ”

The conversation between Yang Gongchun and Tianqi was heard by the queen, and after Yang Gongchun left, the queen asked Tianqi: "The emperor can't trust those Donglin party members?" ”

Tianqi shook his head and said: "It's not that I can't trust them, I'm just afraid that their heads will be confused for a while, this scholar thinks about things that he takes for granted all day long, and likes to judge others by his own standards, which is not a good habit." ”

The queen said, "What's wrong with judging people? Aren't we here today to judge who can paddle faster in the water? ”

Apocalypse said: "This is different, we have a standard for judging, and we set off together to see who gets to the other side first is the first, this is the standard that everyone understands and abides by." The criteria for judging people in the Donglin Party used to exist in their hearts, and they were not known and recognized by everyone, so it was very dangerous and easy to go crazy. If you think about it, they participate in the government and politics, and in the fight with others, they are both contestants and referees, and whether they do justice or not depends only on how good their moral cultivation is, so that even if they do it fairly, everyone will doubt it. ”

The queen said: "Since the emperor thinks that their views are problematic, why does the emperor still let them run a newspaper?" Wouldn't it be more important for them to keep the newspaper in their hands? ”

"I'm not saying that there's something wrong with their views, it's just that their approach isn't very good, and letting them run a newspaper means letting them put their views on the table." In the past, they put forward empty words, similar to the teachings of the saints and the Buddhist scriptures, and now they are asked to say them in order to integrate them with reality. In fact, I don't worry about how many people they will affect at all, as long as it is beneficial to the Ming Dynasty, I wish they would say more, which is much better than sending people to go to various places to publicize. ”

The Empress asked, "What if they advertise in the newspapers that they are not good for the Emperor?" ”

Apocalypse said, "Didn't you tell them a while ago? The propaganda of any gang group, including religion, must be based on the premise of maintaining the existing order and respecting the imperial power. Yang Gongchun said that they would use the contents of the newspaper to test me, and on the contrary, I could also use this newspaper to test them, and use this newspaper as a carrier for mutual supervision between our monarchs and ministers, which should be said to be beneficial to both sides. ”

When the apocalypse was talking to the queen, the dragon boat of the race was already approaching the opposite shore, and the people who didn't dare to speak loudly because of the emperor and others were still worried about the presence of the emperor and others couldn't care so much at this time and began to shout loudly. The shouting became louder and more intense, as if everyone was participating in the rowing themselves, indicating that everyone did have a race against others. After a while, Wang Tiqian ran over and said: "Your Majesty, the dragon boat race has ended, the first place is Princess Ningde, Wei Niangniang and Liu Niangniang are tied for second place, they are not convinced and want to compete one-on-one again, I don't know if the emperor allows it?" ”

The competition in the palace actually made Princess Ningde grab the first place, this news made everyone feel unbelievable, Liu Sanlang and Wei Xiaolan tied for second This is easy to understand, after all, there are no subtle differences with the naked eye now, but it is funny that they have to compete one-on-one again.

Apocalypse thought for a moment and said, "Let them all come over and I have something to say." ”

After Princess Ningde and her entourage arrived, Tianqi saw that everyone was very tired, of course, except for Wei Xiaolan and Liu Sanlang, although these two people were also sweating, they were more energetic than others. Apocalypse first asked everyone to sit down, and then said to Liu and Wei: "Look at you like a little girl who has to fight to win or lose, you have to understand that you are all the mothers of the little girl, many things in the world are destined by God, and there is no need to fight for winning or losing." ”

Liu Sanlang said: "Your Majesty, you don't know that we are not fighting for the sake of vindictiveness, the concubines have insisted on running in the past few years, except for giving birth to dolls and getting sick, the rest of the time has never stopped." My strength may not be as good as that of Sister Xiaolan, but I am definitely stronger than her, and I will definitely win if I continue to compare. ”

Apocalypse said, "No! The competition is to increase friendship, win or lose according to fate, there will be injuries and anger, you don't rest the boat will also rest, otherwise you will be broken next year, what will you use? Well, why don't you go back and practice this year, and then come back next year to decide whether you win or lose? ”

After Liu Sanlang and the two agreed, Tianqi asked Princess Ningde: "Why did the imperial sister compare them all?" Let's not talk about the others, look at your strength, I'm afraid you can't compare to the two of them, right? Is there a trick to it? ”

Princess Ningde got up and said proudly: "So that the royal brother can know that if you compare your strength alone, of course your little sister is not an opponent, but if you compare your strength, you will not compare your strength but your cooperation." There are a total of five people on each boat, two on each side, and one on each side, as long as the strength of the two sides is different, the boat will definitely swing around, they are either not rowing themselves, only let the palace maid and eunuch row, or left and right to add to the chaos, which made the little sister pick up a leak. ”

Apocalypse let out an "oh" and said, "Then how did you do it?" ”

Princess Ningde said: "I let the two powerful eunuchs draw on the left, and I and the two palace maids and three people draw on the right, I think the right side is slow, so I will work harder, and if I can't increase the strength, let the left side slow down, and none of the five people's strength will be idle." Those of them only paddled there with all their strength, especially Zhang Meiren, who actually rowed the boat sideways, and the four of us could win just like them. ”

Zhang Chunying was originally annoyed when she won the last place, and when she heard Princess Ningde say this, she stood up and said: "Your Majesty, this dragon boat is narrow and long, and it can only be paddled on both sides. But Princess Ningde suggested using five people, which shows that she had premeditated a long time ago, and she was calculating that our first should not count. ”

Tianqi squinted his eyes and thought for a while and said: "As long as she doesn't cheat halfway, she can't say anything, although you lose this year and learn an experience next year, just find the field back when the time comes, this time it should still count." ”

After Tianqi finished speaking, he asked people to distribute prizes, and seeing that although everyone was not very convinced, he didn't have much opinion, he stood up and glanced around, and found that in addition to Princess Ningde, there was also a person who was smug and smiling beside him, and this person was Old Concubine Zheng. Because Princess Ningde's body is not the most robust, and the two palace maids and eunuchs she brought are not very strong, everyone is not optimistic about her. Who knew that she actually won the first place with an undoubted huge advantage, so that many people did not bet right, and Concubine Zheng really had a good harvest.

Tianqi thought that this person's encounter was indescribable, and at first thought that Old Concubine Zheng was quietly thinking about and focusing on participation, it seemed that she was still prepared, and no one could tell whether she was discerning or unexpectedly lucky, so she couldn't underestimate anyone before the final result came out.

On the second day of the dragon boat festival in the palace, Tan Jing sent several drafts from Gao Panlong's newspaper, saying that these articles were representative opinions of the ministers of the DPRK and China, and if Tianqi did not feel that it was inappropriate, it would be published in the first issue of the newspaper. Tan Jing said that Gao Panlong meant to ask Tianqi to give the newspaper and the newspaper a name, and then it was best to use a few words as the newspaper's title and newspaper guidelines, because he had just asked the ministers to write about their understanding of the elected officials, so most of the first issue was related to everyone's understanding. In order to sell the newspaper with some interesting performance, Gao Panlong was ready to publish some operas, and asked Tianqi how much each newspaper should be priced.

Tianqi thought that this newspaper was run by the Donglin Party, and it could be directly called Donglin Newspaper, and it was temporarily scheduled to be issued in January, and it would be named Donglin Monthly, and he didn't want to stipulate the specific price, because if the big iron company invested, let the big iron company set the price according to the market. Only the last question is a bit unsettling, that is, he needs to use a few words as a title and a standard for running a newspaper, which is a little embarrassing. He has self-knowledge of how to write the words of the apocalypse, and it is estimated that if he doesn't write this newspaper, someone will buy it, and even if someone buys it, it will be used as a negative teaching material to teach people, and the apocalypse decided to read these manuscripts before saying what to write, at most, let whoever bring the pen in the end. ^-^^-^