Grievances for the people of the world!

Isn't that their duty as scholars?

But who wants to?

"Back then, I once said when I entered the Forbidden City in Beijing - I am the only one in the world! When His Majesty insisted on abolishing the imperial examination, the officials opposed it, what was the result? ”

"But no, now in the court, how many people can be the backbone of our scholars?"

"I'm afraid the bones of my great Ming Shi are long gone!"

"Isn't it exactly like this, often moving the clan overseas, although there is no palace staff, but this outcasts overseas, but let the outcasts, no longer hear of China, in order not to implicate the clansmen, the bones of the scholars have long been gone, and even if there is, they are often uprooted and exiled overseas."

Wang Shuren, who was deeply touched by this, sighed and comforted.

"Well, we don't have to be so obsessed. If the people of the DPRK and China do not have the backbone, then it is not our responsibility to wait for us to open our eyes for the people and cry out for the people's grievances in the newspapers, and we are scholars to discuss political affairs in the newspapers. ”

When Wang Shuren said this, Wu Weiye and others didn't feel that their eyes lit up. I thought to myself, this is a good idea. Announcing some of the malpractices of the imperial court in the newspapers will certainly cause dissatisfaction among the government, but even if the government is dissatisfied, what can it do? After all, since the beginning of the Xingqian period, newspapers have always been a place for people to publish their opinions.

"In the old days, no one wrote?"

From beginning to end, Qian Sunai, who had been silent, the eldest son of Qian Qianyi, finally broke the silence.

"Since the establishment of the newspaper in Jiangbei today, how can this newspaper have more than one or two words? But what does it do? ”

Qian Sunai's rhetorical question made everyone stunned, and they had also submitted articles in newspapers more than once to publish "clear discussions", but those "clean discussions" were only "clean discussions" after all, because they were completely useless for the court's decisions.

Perhaps, because the Lie Emperor was mistaken by the ministers, His Majesty was disappointed in the world's scholars, and even once said that "the scholars are rushing to the enemy, and the little women are determined to keep the festival" to ridicule the world's corporals. And this may also be one of the reasons why His Majesty not only abolished the Eight Pillars of Jushi, but even directly abolished the imperial examination and replaced it with a civil service examination.

This is the biggest difference of Emperor Xingqian, he will not argue with others at all, since this bowl has been broken, then he directly set up another one, never considered repairing it at all, for the world's scholars, the biggest blow is not the injustice brought by practical learning. Rather, after the abolition of the imperial examination, it led to the destruction of the teacher, protégé, and a series of relationships in the same year.

The civil service examination not only does not have a teacher, protégé, or the same year, but also has different subjects, such as legal affairs, finance, and government affairs, so that the civil service is no longer like the imperial examination era, with an ethereal net to form a civil service system that is enough to confront the imperial power.

Of course, many scholars have seen this, but no one dares to say it, after all, this net is a net of great adversity, and they can't even think about it. However, while the officialdom was hit hard, the scholars saw another battlefield - newspapers! The existence of newspapers allowed scholars to publish their opinions in the newspapers, speak directly about the government and politics, and voice grievances for the people. Perhaps, for them, this is the last consolation.

Why is "clear discussion" just "clear discussion" after all? ”

Qian Sunai put down the teacup in his hand, and asked himself.

"Because, all of us will publish a clear discussion in the newspaper, and whenever we speak directly about the government and politics, these major affairs of the government are already complicated, and how can we discern them in a few words. Moreover, there are also differences between our scholars, and in order to increase sales, newspapers often publish many articles with different views on the same page, so there are naturally many opinions in the newspaper, and there are constant wars of words, and in the end, the people of the world are naturally in the clouds, completely unclear So, in this way, what is the use of the government in terms of Qing discussion? ”

As soon as Qian Sunai's words fell, Wu Weiye said in shock.

"I understand, I understand, it's not that newspapers make sales like this, but that all newspapers in the world learn from Ming Pao, and Ming Pao is not for sales, but to confuse the public!"

"Yes, exactly! Exactly! Only by confusing the public in this way can the people of the world not know why, and naturally the government decree can be passed unimpeded! And I don't know that I am equivalent to publishing a clear opinion in the newspaper, but it is just someone else's plan! ”

Speaking of which, even Wang Shuren, who has a prejudice against His Majesty, can't help but sigh at this time that His Majesty is worthy of being reckless, and he does have a hand.

"But isn't that exactly the case, every time we publish a clear proposal, someone refutes us in the newspaper, and we just bent on arguing with it in the newspaper, how do we know that the more this is the case, the more the people don't know why, and under the confusion, the court order is still unimpeded, and we can't stop it!"

Drawing inferences from one another, it seems that at this moment, everyone has figured everything out, and even Zhu Qi, who was originally unhappy because of their disrespect for His Majesty, couldn't help but be suspicious of the argument in the newspaper.

Could it be that this is really the emperor's original intention?

Although he was suspicious in his heart, for the ninth grandson of Zhu Quan, the seventeenth son of Emperor Gao, and the grandson of the royal family, not only did he not feel anything, but he admired more and more His Majesty who took the storm and once again prospered the Ming Dynasty.

Among the emperors of the Ming Dynasty, how many people can play with the corporal like a plaything in their hands like today, so that they cannot get out of their grasp? Even if Emperor Gao is alive, it is nothing more than that!

"Hey, it seems that this so-called "newspaper" is just that His Majesty asked me to have a place to complain, but we don't know it, we just think that it can influence the government! ”

After such a sigh, the people who realized that their generous statements over the years were just a trick, what else did they have in mind, and then they talked about the current political situation there, this kind of blow was not insignificant for these self-righteous scholars, and it was directly from the intelligence they were most proud of, and it made them even doubt themselves and their talents.

In the next few days, they were all lonely in the house, and there was still a trace of impassionedness, wanting to cry out for the people of the world. Thinking about it, too, I was unconsciously played like a plaything for several years, not only did I know it, but I was also complacent, and after learning about the straight phase, it was naturally difficult to recover from this blow for a while.

"Brother Qian, but you already know about it?"

In the Qian family's other business in Nanjing, Wu Weiye looked at him Qian Sunai and asked tentatively.

"Actually, if it weren't for Wang Shuren's reminder, I'm afraid that for a while, I wouldn't be able to see through some deep meanings!"

For Qian Sunai's answer, everyone naturally had a half-believing attitude, his sister was a concubine in the palace, maybe he accidentally learned about it from his sister, after all, Qian Sunai also likes to publish articles in newspapers.

But they obviously "wronged" Qian Sunai, after all, Qian Sunrui is the daughter of Qian Qianyi and Liu Ruyi, and she is not close to him at all.

"Hey, in this way, this so-called newspaper is just someone else's plaything, and we don't even know it, it's really ......"

In the exclamation of his friend, Wang Shuren sneered.

"Actually, it's not quite, if it can be operated well, this newspaper is not useless!"

"What is the meaning of Brother Wang?"

"You think, sixty percent of the newspapers in the world are official newspapers, and forty percent are people's newspapers, although there are people's newspapers, but this people's newspaper, for how to run a newspaper, how to publish articles, are all learned from Jiangbei, and naturally they also learn its method of confusing the public without knowing it, if we find out about this matter......

"What Brother Wang said is very true, it is better to simply find out the matter. When the time comes, it will be interesting to see who will go to confuse the public. ”

"There will still be people who do it! What everyone wants to watch is wonderful, and the more wonderful the justification in the newspaper, the more everyone likes to read it! ”

What do the people like to watch? What I like to read is the debate in the newspaper, and what I like is to watch those gentlemen arguing there with red faces and thick necks.

"If it doesn't work, we'll start our own newspaper!"

"Yes, we run our own newspaper, we don't fight with others in our own newspaper, we fight with others in the newspaper!"

Just as everyone nodded, they heard a coquettish voice from outside the hall.

"Yo, what makes a few gentlemen, so excited, and still have to fight in the ring. This is not the place where gentlemen should go. ”

As soon as Wu Weiye and the others looked up, they saw a delicate-looking woman standing at the door with a smile outside the door, it was Qian Sunai's concubine Yun who was newly accepted last year, the lustful maid who was redeemed from the Qinhuai River.

"Drink some rock sugar pear tea, this is what the slave family just boiled in the kitchen."

Although it is a little awkward in the official language, but looking at the clothes, in addition to the appearance is very different from the Ming people, this Yun family is no different from the concubines of the Ming Dynasty. As Yun spoke, he kissed himself and brought the maid sugar water on his plate to them.

"Actually, it's not a big deal. We're talking about running a newspaper there. ”

Qian Sunai said casually, he really likes the Yun family's cute figure, but he doesn't like her to always show up, not that he rejects this, but he thinks that the identity of the Yun family's lustful maid will make him also despised by others, after all, he is a scholar of the Celestial Empire, and it is really shameful to take the lustful maid as a concubine.

"It turned out to be a newspaper. Although the slave family doesn't know much Chinese characters, they often hear people talk about it. Especially the people in the market, they all say that the newspaper is the "blue eye" of the people. ”

Blue Sky Eyes? Yun's unintentional words made Qian Sunai's heart suddenly move, and Wang Shuren and others also saw an opportunity from these three words, and said almost at the same time.

"Thank you, Mrs. Sister-in-law, so good, so good!"

In addition to being excited, Wang Shuren stood up again and said to Qian Sunai.

"Brother Qian, can I also run a newspaper?"