Chapter 668. The power of public opinion!
"Forehead ......"
The corners of Li Mingde's mouth were twitching, his wrinkled old face was also twitching, and beads of sweat the size of beans were rolling down drop by drop.
In his hand, the Imperial Capital Daily, which he despised so much yesterday, was trembling and was held, with the headline Interview with the Regent on the front page, and his sketch sticker was hung, Mao Jue looked heavy, pinching his chin and sitting on the office chair tiredly, knocking on the table, and his old man was yelling like a leopard.
God is pitiful, even if the palace is forced, there are rules of the game, right? They forced the emperor to comply, and they also knelt on the ground, pouting their buttocks and kowtowing, okay.
As for the interviews below, they are full of language traps!
Mr. Li believed that all factories should be closed down and the workers should continue to work in the fields, but as for the source of the land, Mr. Li did not say.
Master Li thinks that there is no exchange with the Western Domain, and the opening of the sea and trade is simply nonsense! It should be closed like in the Hongwu period! As for how to solve the financial crisis during the Chongzhen Dynasty, Master Li said that he was an official and heard about things, and how to solve it asked the cabinet!
Master Li thinks that the people of Manila deserve to die, who let them run blindly......
These questions were asked yesterday by Chiyohime, the meaning is not right, he is also alert and answered vaguely in circles, but most people can't understand the classical Chinese he quotes from the classics, and the back sentence is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, so within a day, he Li Mingde became popular.
And when the newspaper introduced his identity, it also intimately marked which alley he lived in.
So, in front of the mansion of Lord Li of the Left Capital, it was lively today.
"Nonsense, old man Li, get out!"
"The Chongzhen Dynasty was defeated by you nonsense old horsemen, and you still want to corrupt the Kaiming Dynasty when you turn around?"
"Shut down the factories, you give us food and drink!"
"Such a demon who talks nonsense should be punished!"
In the past, it was the civil officials who hugged the emperor in front of him, but this time it was the citizens who came to form a group to intercept the civil officials, the chaotic shouts outside the door were accompanied by the sound of crackling and throwing things, the smashed windows rattled, and the newspaper was put down, Li Mingde cried and shouted with a sad face: "Li Quan'er, haven't you called the police yet?" ”
"Back to the master! The police have been called! Our police officers are trying to persuade everyone to leave! ”
"Also persuade, a group of Diao people! Take my name post and tell those officials that if you can't do it, you will be beaten! If you don't get these people away, I'll settle accounts with them Shuntian Mansion Yin!"
"No! Master! Li Fu just sent a table at the police station, and as a result, he was detained for obstructing official business! That and the director of the police seems to have a good background, and he has a Liaodong accent, saying that they are acting in accordance with the law, and if they are not convinced, they will go to the criminal department to complain!"
This Li Mingde still wanted to play tricks, but he couldn't prevent the housekeeper at home from crying and explaining with a sad face, and he was dumbfounded when he heard it.
In the past, the privilege of the official position began to gradually become impossible to play in today's Ming Dynasty! Although the gray benefits in the secret of the official will still not be cut for a while, but the public is no longer so easy to bully, and the legislation is no longer so wasteful, so there is no way to play the blatant tricks before!
What made Li Mingde even more angry was that just when he was at a loss, his second son Li Zhongtai ran in happily.
"Dad, what a happy event! My son also has a supply position in the East India Company, and in the autumn next month, our silk garden can also be exported! Oh, Dad, what are you hitting me for! ”
The realistic version slapped his face and slapped it out, Li Mingde stomped his feet and scolded without understanding his hatred: "You unfilial brute!" You're so angry with your father! ”
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Shouting retro, retreat, but his own family also participated in the dividends of sea trade, it was really a slap in the face, and what was even more helpless was that after this other person slapped his face, he had to stretch out his face and continue to pump!
In front of thousands of citizens who came to protest and ask for guilt at the mouth of the alley, Li Mingde trembled and pulled his second son, who had an extra handprint on his mouth, to the stage, and made a circle to the crowd crying.
"Fellow fathers and fellow villagers, don't throw it away again! The old man knows that he is wrong!"
"Old and confused, nonsense! Relying on the innocence of the official, this is nonsense, the imperial court's policy of opening the sea, and the old man also supports it, like my second son, who is the supply manager of our regent East India Company! Don't talk nonsense anymore! I beg all the fathers and villagers to open up the net and give the old decay this opportunity! ”
"Ladies and gentlemen, our Ming Dynasty is now a society ruled by law! Now that Lord Li has apologized for his inappropriate remarks, don't force each other hard, otherwise you will also be punished for disrupting and attacking people's houses!"
The police chief here, He Daxuan, a retired veteran of the Liao Army, also persuaded loudly on the side, and the crowd that had just boiled over finally quieted down.
However, a few old men who had read books were crowded to the front.
"Master Li, you are also an important minister of the imperial court who read the books of sages and sages and were admitted to the imperial examination, you know more reason than us, but why don't you be unreasonable? You don't want to think about it, it doesn't matter what you say, how many people's lives will be affected? ”
"You are a big official, please, think about Da Ming before you speak again!"
"Please!"
The protest turned into a plea here, but this sound was no less than a loud slap, and Li Mingde, who listened to it, was flushed, and kept clenching his fists and apologizing.
"The old man has been taught! The old man has been taught!"
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The Li family is a perfect solution, but just like the Internet trolls of later generations, there are always some stinky and hard, and there are a few imperial histories that follow Li Mingde to see the newspaper, but let the citizens block the door, they just can't eat the ancients, so the third issue of the Imperial Capital Daily followed up and reported, and the influence of the Imperial Capital Daily is not only limited to this Jingshi City, the more developed railway network radiates out the news spider, and in other big cities, Mao Jue also set up newspapers and printing presses, Hebei Shandong on the same day or the next day on sale, Liaodong Shanxi Henan on the third day of sale, Shaanxi Liaobei on the fourth day of sale, the two imperial history also wanted to ask for leave to go out to avoid the limelight, but found that almost the entire Ming Dynasty knew them, and the reputation was completely stinky among the people.
In a short period of time, the new thing of public opinion exploded into a formidable force, and the one-sided public opinion in the court also came to an abrupt end for a while.
Central Officials, White House.
Mao Jue canceled the system of sitting in the court, anyway, it is not very efficient for everyone to get together to discuss, and it has become a sharp weapon for party contention, and the Central Committee of later generations does not hold meetings every day, it is better to have problems with any department, solve it with the regent's staff alone, and hold a month-end summary meeting at the end of the month, which is highly efficient.
Today, it is also rare for the adults of the six departments and Jiuqing to gather together and fill Mao Jue's large conference room.
But everyone gathered, looking at the few people behind them who were carrying pens, even if Song Xiance, Fan Wenju and other Dongjiang ministers didn't dare to speak for a while, in the past, Jinyiwei made a small report, only the emperor knew, and some people were not afraid that the emperor would know, in order to highlight their own life, they gritted their teeth and scolded the emperor, but now they said the wrong word and the world knows it, and no one dares to speak!
It was also the first time he encountered this situation, and Mao Jue also waved his hand with a headache.
"This meeting is an imperial secret, so interviews are prohibited, so you all step down!"
"Yes!"
More than a dozen reporters put away the small notebook and withdrew from the room, which made the nervous ministers breathe a sigh of relief, and finally, Zhao Hede, the right capital imperial history, was the first to open his mouth tremblingly.
"Your Highness, Recently, Your Highness released the Imperial Capital Daily, and the minister really thinks it's inappropriate! The dignified court ordered officials, let the people judge their tastes, what kind of system did it become? It really hurts the face of the court! ”
"The minister thinks that newspapers should really be banned!"
"The face of the court?"
Mao Jue, who heard this, couldn't help but sneer, stood up and asked, "Lord Zhao, why are you an official?" ”
"Will be the regent, and the ministers will be loyal to the regent!"
"In this case, this king opens the sea and encourages industry and commerce, why do you write to obstruct the attack?"
"The opening of industry and commerce to the sea is really chaotic, and the minister is also thinking about the world......"
habitually, he moved out the big hat of the world again, but he had to wait for Zhao Hede to finish speaking, Mao Jue interrupted him with a sneer: "Since it is for the sake of the world, why not be afraid of the world's comments, the body is not afraid of shadows!" Haven't heard of it? ”
"Since you claim to be clear, don't you see anyone?"
Mao Jue questioned him, and the group of Ziyan officials who asked were speechless.
The days of relying on the innocence of the official and talking nonsense have passed, indeed, the imperial court still can't punish the crime, as long as you are not afraid of the world poking you in the backbone, just say it!
"General!"
Hesitating, Song Xiance couldn't help but speak, although he was also against the newspaper in his heart, what he said made a little more sense.
"The newspaper is so influential! Even swaying the people's mouths, if they fall into the hands of people with ulterior motives, wouldn't it harm the world and shake the society? ”
"Besides, the secrets of the court make it clear to the people at a glance, once they fall into the hands of the empire, it is also useless to the country, and the Chongzhen Dynasty does not secretly lose his country, but it is vivid!"
"What Song Qing said is extremely true! But you can't give up eating because of choking! The Imperial Press and Publication is also enacting legislation on news reporting, and the most basic regulations, such as anti-Ming prohibition, anti-social prohibition, military secrets or major economic secrets, can refuse to be interviewed and published, and then reissue! The newspapers only report on the issue of people's livelihood!"
"And this newspaper is not the king's word! Objections, the same can also be written and published in the newspaper, this king believes that the world is still reasonable! As long as you tell the talk! Convincingly, the people of the world are naturally slapping their palms and responding to it!"
"What's more important is the newspaper, and it has put a shackle on you and me!"
His expression suddenly became grim, and Mao Jue said heavily: "Everyone, we are the people in power, Meng Ziyun: water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn a boat!" When the power is so big that there is no control, the emperor and the ministers lose their awe, and squander the power for their own benefit as they want, the world will also turn over the river and the sea, there are yellow turbans at the end of the Han Dynasty, there are yellow nests at the end of the Tang Dynasty, and there are Ming Sects at the end of the Yuan Dynasty.
"Let public opinion supervise us, not for you to find uncomfortable, but to let everyone pick up the lost awe, which can ensure that the court will go further! Ladies and gentlemen!"
Confucianism is really a classic, even Mao Jue can't help but quote Mencius's truth, but the simple truth is that the whole court is silent, it is easy to say, and now to pick up humility again, how easy is it to say?
However, in any case, since public opinion has come out, it is impossible to retract it again! Hundreds of officials, including Mao Jue, can only slowly get used to it! Please Baidu "Throw Book Network" Thank you for your support!