Chapter 26: The Jackdaw Pecks and Howls (Part II)

After the secret conversation with Lu Heqing, it took two days for Gong Yuan to finally sit down and take a breath.

The students in Guozijian range from their teens to their thirties and forties, but most of them are in their early twenties.

Most of the students live in private houses and monasteries, and there are not a few hosts who are harassed. Moreover, the students of the country have always had a grudge against Han Gang, who advocates qi science.

To solve the test to add the natural part of "Kindergarten Qionglin", it is by no means a matter of reading one more book, if you really think it is so simple, it is as stupid as a pig, and more than ten years of books will be read in vain. It is necessary to integrate the content related to qi, otherwise you will be blind if you ask a question about the four trees in the corners of the pond, or the relationship between air pressure and height, or the question of speed and acceleration.

And when it comes to policymaking, it is even more worrying which school of view should be adopted. The identity of the examiner, that is, there is a background in qi learning, there is also a new background, and there are no standard answer questions.

The 100-point system of the examination, the score points are demarcated in advance, and the part of qi learning must account for at least 20 points, and the students of Guozijian are almost 2,005, and there are only 100 candidates who can obtain the qualification of tribute students. As long as there is a difference of one point, dozens of places will be left behind. Forced to study qi, the students' grievances are inevitable.

Such a group of young and vigorous scholars have the ambition to govern the country and level the world, and they have prejudices about qi, so it is too easy to incite three or five hundred people to come.

Gong Yuan started with a few students who had criticized Qi in the past, and it didn't take much time to get them excited. Most of his energy in the past two days has actually been focused on protecting himself - the crime of slapping students, as smart as he is, of course, as much as possible.

Of course, Gong Yuan knew that Lu Heqing's instigation of him was not good, even if there were still places that he hadn't figured out at the time, he had completely figured it out in retrospect. But Han Gang regarded him as an enemy, and Zhang Dian turned him away again, and didn't go to Lu Huiqing, did he have to sit back and wait for the queen to settle the account?

Since he voted for Lu Huiqing, it is reasonable to charge into battle.

But let Gong Yuan make up his mind and do what Lu Heqing said, the most critical point is that the official family is not far from being pro-government.

"What's going on again?"

Bi gradually got up and looked at the noisy courtyard not far away, and could only vaguely hear someone whispering something somewhere.

Qin Guan shook his head, "It's all looking for death." ”

Qin Guan knew what was going on over there, but he didn't care. Now he only hopes that he can be admitted to the Jinshi.

After Su Shi, he became a frightened bird. But he was born in the Southern Tang Dynasty, and he still has the dream of showing his talents, so he devoted himself to the wall of Qi Learning. Changing the "Silkworm Book" twice, submitting it three times, and the effort spent is more difficult than making a swan song for the ages.

But Gong Yuan didn't feel that he was looking for death. In his opinion, at most, he will only be dormant for a while, and when the Son of Heaven ascends the throne, he will be able to turn over.

instigating students, of course Gong Yuan will not pull his relatives out, and the matter of buying thieves and stolen goods has confessions, witnesses, and physical evidence. Compared with some wealthy businessmen, ordinary people are more harassed in the process of chasing beggars and thieves.

Han Gang wants to catch the beggars, and there is a reward for the first, and the beggars in the fifty-mile city wall are all caught, not to mention the beggars, even the homeless people have been arrested. In the process, the people of the capital were harassed a lot. The person who broke into the door had an edict in his hand, none of them were born as jinshi, and how many dared to be tough?

There were more than a dozen reports of harassment of female dependents, and two heads of households were seriously injured, all of which came out after the fact. By the time it reached the students, all the numbers had multiplied tenfold, and the serious injuries had turned into deaths.

'Since Taizu Dingding, there has been no such rebellion in Beijing. ’

The capital was terrified, and the people were terrified. ’

'The prime minister usurped power, and the people only knew that there was a prime minister, but they didn't know that there was a son of heaven. ’

Ten years later, the rebellion in the north may have occurred in China. ’

This dangerous public opinion began to spread from the Guozi Prison to the Jingshi.

Lu Heqing sat in the south post of the city, listening to the discussion of the officials.

There is a little pride in his heart, Han Gang may be able to get through this level, but being disgraced is indispensable.

Although the results can only be expected in the future, it is also a beautiful thing to be able to breathe a sigh of relief now.

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Han Gang got the news early, and while dealing with political affairs, he took a moment to say to Zong Ze, "Rulin, do you have a relationship with the two newspapers?" ”

Zong Ze nodded, "When I was studying in prison, Xia Guan still relied on writing articles for two newspapers to get enough food. ”

When the Liao people entered Kouhedong, Zong Ze used two pen names to write Hedong military analysis for two newspapers, making money at both ends. Although he didn't do it authentically, he had a good relationship with the editorial offices on both sides, and after he won the top prize, this friendship naturally became deeper.

"Rulin, your family is not a businessman, how can you not even have food and clothing?"

Zong Ze said: "It's not easy to live in Beijing. ”

Han Gang laughed, although Zong Ze and Bai Juyi are not the same kind of talents, they can also live well in Jingshi.

After laughing, he said to Zong Ze: "If you have time, go to both sides to help." ”

Zong Ze's eyes flashed with shrewdness: "What kind of charter?" Please give me orders. ”

"It is enough to act according to the law."

Zong Ze understood: "Zong Ze understands. ”

Zong Ze was ordered to go out, and Han Gang picked up the pen again and began to approve the official document.

It's a little thing, it's not worth the effort.

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"It's broken, it's broken."

The businessman, who had just been released from the Kaifeng Prison, got up early in the morning and shouted as soon as he picked up the newspaper.

"Master, what's wrong?"

"When, is this crazy?" He threw away the newspaper, "It's crazy, fighting in the ring with Han Xianggong, this is cheap and good, I shouldn't have asked him in the first place." ”

hurriedly changed his clothes, called a carriage and horses, and went to Gong's house as fast as he could.

But when he came to the entrance of the alley, he found a group of wolf-like officials kicking open the gate of Gong's mansion.

The merchant slammed into the ground, "It's really over now." ”

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Two newspapers, with their front-page headlines, carried the latest news about the case of the beggars.

Three thousand three hundred and ninety-four.

Ten thousand and eight hundred and eleven.

Four hundred and sixty-nine.

One hundred and three.

One thousand two hundred and seven.

On the Keju Express, five numbers are listed in a very distinctive way.

In the capital and Kaifeng and Xiangfu counties, a total of 3,394 beggars and thieves were arrested.

There were 10,000 and 811 cases including extortion, including 469 major cases of robbery and murder.

In order to decide the case, the Dali Temple, the Trial and Criminal Court, the three halls and two courts of Kaifeng Prefecture, as well as the county governors, canonical historians, and criminal Cao Confucius officials of various counties in Gyeonggi all gathered in Beijing, a huge jury of more than 1,200 people.

Several yamen kept their lights on every day, and tried cases day and night.

In the past ten days, the storm that has swept through the Beijing Division, and the final list of Dabi is as many as 103 people, including Ling Chi, waist beheading, and other serious criminals, a total of 15 people. Half of the beggars arrested by the government were involved.

The newspaper just listed a few numbers like this, and there was no need to disturb the people, everyone knew that it would harm the people if they were left alone.

'1,800 cases, all of which were tried in less than 10 days?' Lu Heqing also smashed the teacup in the post house, he really didn't expect Han Gang to dare to be so shameless.

The conclusion of more than 10,000 cases in 10 years is indeed a joke, and of course there are many drawbacks.

The rumors in the Guozi Prison only increased the number of victims tenfold, but Han Gang's side immediately planted all the headless public cases in the hands of these more than 3,000 beggars, especially the more than 100 who were executed. The heart is black and thick-skinned, which is beyond people's reach.

Solving so many cases in one go, Kaifeng Mansion is not only much easier, but can be rewarded up and down. It's really gratifying.

In the eyes of the ignorant public, 1,200 judges tried 1,800 cases, an average of only nine.

And how many people in the world will seriously analyze the authenticity of numbers? Most people are still attracted by the detailed coverage of the case below.

There is a daughter in her early tens, Shangyuan Festival, who went out with her family to see the lanterns, and never returned. Now when her whereabouts are found, she is already in a mass grave outside the city.

Similar things are not uncommon, but they can be published in the newspapers, but they are sensational enough and more inspiring. How many people's children have been lost, ordinary people have not experienced it personally, and they must have appeared in his vicinity.

The successive prefects of Kaifeng all wanted to deal with these thieves who corrupted the security of Beijing, but they could not eradicate them.

Now that the court has done it, how can the people not support it, and Han Gang's prestige has suddenly risen again.

'All cases involving beggars and thieves must be dealt with seriously and quickly, no matter who is involved, and they will be investigated and dealt with to the end, so that the people of Beijing can sleep in peace from now on. ’

The Queen Mother's instructions also made her fame even higher.

A few days later, a follow-up report appeared in the horse racing express, Gong, the supervisor of the country, said that there was a division for the law of love, and the profiteers who received stolen goods were thus able to get away with it.

Without profiteers who receive stolen goods, there will be no theft. That's right, those thieves, if someone didn't help them sell the stolen goods, how could they commit robbery. ’

If you want to say that you should die, the profiteers will also be counted, and the corrupt officials who speak to the profiteers will also be dealt with heavily. ’

It's over.

Han Gang folded the newspaper and put it down.

Just by looking at the report, Han Gang can imagine what kind of opinion the people will have of Gong Yuan.

This dispute is not simply a struggle between the imperial court and the Qing Dynasty, but also includes the question of the ownership of public opinion.

One is the Tai student group that has controlled public opinion in Shilin since the Han Dynasty, and the other is an emerging commercial media group.

The two sides are facing each other, which one can win, if it is not for himself, Han Gang is happy to watch a good show on the side, and by the way, add fuel to the fire. This will be more beneficial to the opening of people's wisdom. But in this current situation, even if he doesn't want to, he has to get involved.

If it is a few decades later, most of the prisoners of the country will be able to win, after all, the newspaper is mixed, and if it is too close to the imperial court, it will also arouse suspicion and easily lose credibility. However, the current newspaper is a new thing, and the two express newspapers are close to the people's livelihood and are deeply loved by the people.

However, it is the black hand behind public opinion that determines the outcome of the game. With power in hand, how can you lose to a group of scholars who only have mouths?

A bullet was written to defend the case, and Gong Yuan was immediately imprisoned and detained in Taiwan Prison pending investigation. The commotion of the Guozijian immediately dissipated.

Taiwan is not one, even if Gong Yuan, or Lu Huiqing behind him, instigated a few people, but whether it is Zhang Dian or Han Gang, there are still a few obedient imperial historians in the entrainment.

What Gong Yuan did was too common in officialdom. But it was not difficult to condemn him for this.

Just like writing poetry, if you want to add sin, why bother? As long as you have the heart to look for it, you can always find such taboo words and phrases in the poem.

That's why the article in the Horse Racing Express was written by the scholar Gong Mou to harm the law with love, and Guan said that there was a report from the company.

Soon, the Imperial Historical Observatory found out his deeds of inciting the students, and the Empress Dowager was furious. Inciting people's hearts is the most taboo felony in the imperial court. However, because Wang Anshi was the master, he left his life, chased the writing since his birth, and was sent to Yunnan to farm.

The military patrol court that received Gong Yuan's letter and bent the law for personal gain was inspected because he had made great meritorious contributions in the case of the beggar and thief, and he was deceived by Gong Yuan, so he did not increase the punishment, and allowed him to redeem his merits, and in the end he only fined copper. All these things can be seen clearly by a discerning person.

After His Majesty's resignation, Lu Heqing panicked out of the Jingshi, he confirmed Zhang Dian's tendencies, and also confirmed Han Gang's power, and now he confirmed one thing, before the Son of Heaven was in power, the current situation in the court will not be shaken.

"Just let him go." Han Gang said to Zhang Dan, and the two walked side by side in the imperial city, "Jumping beam clown, it's not enough to worry about, Brother Zihou has more important things to do, isn't it?"