Chapter 40: Cat and Mouse
A few days later, relying on the raw materials and craftsman base of the Zhejiang Ming Army Military Industry Division's workshop, the recruitment of workers was also quite smooth, and the "Zhejiang Di Bao" completed the preparation of the first issue after less than ten days of preparation, and began the distribution work in time when the Criminal Department decided to name the case of Zhang Yida's murder of Feng Jingshi, and the popularity of the vendetta murder case of the veteran had just begun to decline. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info
"Zhejiang Di Bao" is not a daily newspaper or evening newspaper in later generations, it has to be published once a day, and the initial rule is that it is published once a month, and if there are special circumstances, a special issue will be issued.
Di Bao was an indispensable way for the people to obtain imperial decrees, and Lu Liuliang, who had already written two reviews of the Manchu imperial examination articles and became famous in eastern Zhejiang, announced that he would be the first editor-in-chief of Zhejiang Di Bao, and the review articles would also be published exclusively in Zhejiang Di Bao in the future. As a result, this newspaper has been quite anticipated by the people before it is released.
In the Ming Dynasty, the south was always better than the north in terms of literacy rate, which was related to the massacres of Jin and Yuan, and the difference in economic level between the south and the north was not small. In the south, the average level of Jiangsu and Zhejiang is the highest, and the small citizens in the cities in the elite areas can more or less know some words, even in Dongyang County, such as Jinhua Prefecture, such a small county town that is not linked to the word developed economically, there are many people who know words.
Indoctrination has always been one of the evaluation results of ancient Chinese officials, seeing the Ruquan Pavilion where the county government has passed, and the long queue in front of the temporary distribution point of the "Zhejiang Di Bao" that no longer knows where it has gone, the local magistrate of the county decided to draw a strong stroke on his political achievements, and several scholars of the county school are also smiling. It's a pity that not everyone will be happy about such a grand occasion.
"A group of mud-legged people, what's the use of reading the Di Bao, this government still has their turn to speak?"
A few days ago, in the private room called "Bamboo", the fat Confucian who was privately commenting on the affairs between the Yamen of the Mission Department and Chen Wen and Zhou Yueying in the private room called "Bamboo", wiped the handkerchief with the incense powder on his face, but his face was still covered with oily sweat, and the more he got along with those incense powder, the more greasy he became.
"What the master said is, who knows if they see it for themselves, or sell it for others, maybe they still buy it and resell it." Next to the fat Confucian student, a young man with clear eyebrows and beautiful eyes also had a look of disgrief. "Or the villains are lined up here, you go and drink some tea and enjoy the coolness."
"I really don't hurt you in vain on weekdays, I know that I hurt my lord, and I will have your benefits when I get home." As he spoke, the fat Confucian touched the little man's little hand, then left the queue and walked towards the small tea shop in the distance.
"Brother Wanshi."
"Brother Zhao Xian."
Entering the tea shop, the fat Confucian happened to see a man who lived in Fangqian Town, so he was waiting here for some less contacts on weekdays, so he simply sat down.
"If the world brother wants to read this newspaper, just send someone to buy it, it is good to let people know the little brother, why bother to come here from afar."
"I'll tell you the truth, if it's an ordinary newspaper, that's it. The editor-in-chief of this "Zhejiang Di Bao" is Lu Sheng, who commented on the articles on the imperial examination, and the analysis of the examination questions in his articles is really beneficial to our scientific examinations. It's the foolish brother, and he also thinks deeply about the passage that explains the defense of Yixia. Nowadays, the review article is only published in the Di newspaper, which is naturally itchy, and it is just a good thing to take this opportunity to meet the old and comment on the current politics. ”
"What the world brother said is very true."
The two sat at a table, chatting while waiting for their subordinates to report from the palace. In the meantime, the case of Zhang Yida's murder of Feng Jingshi is naturally indispensable, this is the proud work of the fat Confucian, and it was exposed at just the right time, and he consciously did a good job, and it was inevitable to brag about it with his acquaintances. However, after all, this matter is in the way of Chen Wen, who can be described as a powerful and powerful person here, and it is clear that it is still forgotten, but it is inevitable that some of his own role in it will be highlighted, and by the way, he will ridicule the twilight of the six clans.
Unexpectedly, when he heard this, the Confucian scholar who came from afar was stunned for a moment, then showed a look of anxiety, and then gritted his teeth, and then said to him: "Brother Fool has been at home recently, but I like Ouyang Wenzhonggong's "History of the Five Dynasties" and Sima Wenzhenggong's "Zizhi Tongjian", in which the articles about the five dynasties of the Tang Dynasty, I secretly thought that the virtuous brother could read one or two. ”
After that, the Confucian student was catching up with his own subordinates who came with the palace newspaper in their hands, and hurriedly signaled to the fat Confucian student, and left almost as if fleeing along the avenue towards the city gate. Even, even the matter of tasting, where has been an appointment with a somewhat famous Confucian scholar or the old ones are forgotten, as if there are man-eating monsters in this city.
The fat Confucian watched all this happen in amazement, and it wasn't until the little guy sent the report that he collected his thoughts and used his spirit on this newspaper.
This "Zhejiang Di Bao" is different from the past, using several large sheets of paper, not binding, but folded in half. The fat Confucian is interested in this newspaper first of all, it is still a review of the article, but at a glance, it is still the old review circulating in the market, the editor-in-chief Lu Liuliang also said at the end that the first two issues will be revised and published, so he has no intention of continuing to read, and plans to go home and take the manuscript copied to compare and read.
After reading the comments, in the rest of the content, the fat Confucian planned to find out if there was any text about Zhang Yida's murder. It's a pity that it's still the issuance and interpretation of those decrees. When he was a little annoyed and was about to take the newspaper home, he happened to sweep a line of text. After standing there for a moment, he hurriedly ran to the same liquor store where he had last gathered.
After a while, the fat Confucian rushed to the wine shop, and after asking the shopkeeper, he walked straight to the private room with the word "bamboo".
With a "bang", the door of the private room with the word "bamboo" was pushed open by the fat Confucian student, and the whole person squeezed in instantly, and it was difficult to distinguish whether the door was pushed open or knocked open for a while.
"Brother Xian, what's the matter?"
Originally, I made an appointment to comment on the newspaper here in the evening, and the fat Confucian accepted a new concubine, with red sleeves and incense, and grinding with plain hands. Unexpectedly, this guy not only came, but also looked anxious, and when he landed, the most inconspicuous goatee in the audience, his heart rang.
"Look at this!"
The fat big Ru was angry before he could catch his breath, and his anger had already radiated. One of the Confucian scholars picked up the Di Bao and flipped through it with the others, until he saw the passage that the fat Confucian had just seen in the tea shop, and the Confucian Sheng's hand couldn't help shaking, and the whole Di Bao also fell down, and was covering the table of side dishes.
And the most eye-catching paragraph that fell in the eyes of everyone clearly reads: "Strictly punish the rebellion who applied for the examination and obtained the fame of the Imperial Court, and never let such unpretentious scum of the Holy Sect continue to open up for the Imperial Court!" ”
The whole vernacular text seems to be afraid that the people who can't read it can't see the piece of blood in it.
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The case of Zhang Yida's murder of Feng Jingshi was caused by the Feng family taking advantage of Zhang Yida's grandfather's illiteracy and tricking him into signing a loan shark much higher than the promised interest, resulting in the Zhang family being forced to sell themselves into slavery. In the past two years, the murderer Zhang Yida has returned to the army and his surname, while the victim Feng Jingshi has been sentenced to death because of his participation in the formation of a group training in the Cao Conglong Rebellion, the circumstances are serious, the family property has been confiscated, and his wife and daughter have not been enslaved in the sect, which can be said to have reversed each other's situation.
On the day of the incident, as an arresting officer, Zhang Yida knew where the secret room in the study was located because he was a slave of the Feng family, and when Feng Jing was killed by suicide there, he closed the secret room to cover up the evidence. The word murder and the communiqué of personal vendetta are all among the charges. And he is still a soldier, and he should be sentenced by military law and beheaded to deter other soldiers.
With the murder case solved and the verdict announced, within the yamen of the Dongyang County Criminal Division, all the judges, officials and officials involved in the investigation, arrest and interrogation were imprisoned.
I thought that this matter would pass like this, but the military lost the upper hand in this invisible battle of swords, guns and halberds out of reason. Unexpectedly, as soon as the Zhang Yida case ended, along with the decree written in the first issue of "Zhejiang Di Bao", the arrest of scholars who participated in the six prefectures of Jinqu, Yan, Taiwen and obtained the fame of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was already in full swing.
A small alley near the east gate of the county seat is already crowded with people watching the excitement at this moment. Among them, a few of them were wearing regular clothes, and they were the Confucian scholars who could be stunned when they read a newspaper at noon yesterday.
"Investigation, the criminal Luo Hongming, participated in the Hangzhou Yuting Township Test in the fifth year of Yongli and won the promotion. At the end of the year, Wang Shi recovered Jinhua, but he did not think about his own faults, did not know how to serve the imperial court, ignored the great defense of Huayi, and still communicated with Li Zhifang and Zhu Zhixi, the officials of the imperial court, and betrayed Jinhua Mansion, especially the reality of Dongyang County. Today, the commander of the Marquis of Anyuan's Mansion, the Jinhua Mansion Criminal Division, the Jinhua Mansion School, and the Dongyang County Criminal Commander took away his fame as a member of Chongzhen's fifteen-year life and arrested him. If there is other evidence involved in the case, it can be sent to the Yamen of the Dongyang County Criminal Division, and there will be a reward for reporting. ”
After the reading, a clerk of the Criminal Punishment Department led a group of officials to escort the Confucian who had been shackled and dozens of people from the family out of the crowd, and the last two officials copied the seals with water and fire sticks, and left with the escort team.
"There's still a text in that guy's name, it's insulting, it's really insulting!"
Those Confucian students returned to the private room, but they were already like mourning. One by one, their faces were ashen, and it took a long time for the fat Confucian to say something that broke the dead silence here.
"Sven? Now that the two countries are at war, Mo said that everyone surnamed Luo knows that he has an old relationship with Zhu Zhixi, and he also hinted last year that he is still communicating with him. is that there is no such thing, and the fame of the Tartar court is examined, that is, he is ready to do things for the Tartars, and no one can say that the Hou Ye is wrong with him, at most it is a too strict usage. ”
"Now, the only thing that the surname Luo can count on is that he came back this time to mourn, to win some sympathy with a filial piety character, and to have a happy time when he is executed." With that, Goatee sighed. But at this moment, among the crowd, a voice still trembled and came out.
"Or, let's gather some scholars to go to the Crying Temple."
Crying temple is the most effective means for scholars in Jiangsu and Zhejiang to encounter disagreeing with their own wishes, using the crying Confucian temple to win the sympathy of the world, in order to achieve their own goals, and even to expel the magistrate, which is extremely common in the late Ming Dynasty. However, when he heard this, the goatee immediately turned around and glared fiercely at the Confucian who spoke.
"Cry, you tell me who you cry for, cry for those scum who don't want ancestors, aren't you afraid of being involved?!"
In a word, accompanied by the spittle Xingzi sprayed the proposed Confucian in the face, but Ren that Confucian Sheng, or the other people present, did not make the slightest movement, but looked at this usually inconspicuous companion blankly, eager to get the answer to the situation from the dignity that had always been ridiculed by them in private as obscene.
"I told you at the beginning, wait, now is a troubled time, in order to fight for a few tenants, I went to provoke Nawufu to do anything. Yesterday, I completely figured out why the six clans of Dongyang were hiding far away. Dongjunwei and Tuotang Zhang both came from the fifth dynasty of the Tang Dynasty, especially the Tuotang Zhang family, they have seen the style of those warriors too much. Even the other four clans have also experienced dynastic changes, and their sensitivity to the direction of the wind in this troubled world is simply not comparable to us. ”
Goatee chattered and complained about his companions, and he did persuade him at the time, but the original tenant of the family changed to the military household with a lower tenant rent in the village, and he was persuaded by these companions. It's just that his complaint heard in the ears of everyone, but it increased the fear in their hearts.
"Everyone is already grasshoppers on a rope, what's the use of you talking about this now. No, let's make a big fuss, I heard that it seems that Wu Dengke, the general soldier of Chuzhou, killed people and rebelled with Xu Du in the first place, find someone to testify, pick up the matter, and see how he handles it. ”
"Dig your ancestral grave!"
The thin and withered goatee actually pushed the fat Confucian to the ground, he was a lifter, and the fat Confucian was also a lifter, but he was barely mixed into a person after half a lifetime, and his grades were also the first to the bottom, and the fat Confucian township test was quite smooth, and the results at that time were also among the best, so he has always been very arrogant in front of people. It's just that he never thought that the results of the original imperial examination were not only not directly related to the level of learning, but even the IQ could be represented.
"Move Wu Dengke, you want to die, don't pull everyone!"
After a long time, the family has long been gone, even if it has not been extinct in this troubled world, now Wu Dengke's identity and status, I am afraid that the family has already left here, even if it is here, it is categorically not daring to come out to testify. Moreover, when that incident happened, it was the moment of the Xudu Rebellion, and the entire Jinhua Mansion was in chaos, and in the middle of the night, there was no physical evidence in the murder case, and the human evidence lacked credibility for a long time, and the criminal officer might not really believe it.
Even if it is true, Wu Dengke is now the chief military officer recorded by the imperial court, and Chen Wen's confidant and favorite general. Before joining the army, he killed a small official to avenge his parents, and Chen Wen played a piece of paper, even the emperor would issue an edict to exonerate him, so as to win over Chen Wen, a powerful faction. In the end, Chen Wen and Wu Dengke did not do much, but they tried their best to find Chen Wen unhappy will become the public enemy of the entire Zhejiang Ming army, and the result can be imagined.
"It's not going to work, that's not going to work, so what to do." The fat Confucian sat down on the ground and did not get up, as if the strength that supported him to stand upright had been pushed by the goatee.
"No, let's run."
"Yes, it's not safe here, let's go somewhere else, my in-laws still have a farm house in Shaoxing, and they can always avoid this time."
“……”
Everyone chattered as if they could get relief from it, but before a moment passed, they only heard the fat Confucian mutter: "If you want to run, you have to ask Hong Chengchou and his green battalion soldiers, they have already killed all the people in the six mansions and twenty miles of Taiwen near Jinquyan, and you just happened to give them the credit for clicking and killing in the past." ”
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone present was speechless, and even some began to cry in low voices. From the beginning to the end, none of them mentioned that they did not obtain the fame of the Manchu Dynasty, because they knew very well where they had offended Chen Wen, and because of this, they were really like white lotuses, but they were afraid that they would also be picked up for some crimes. Besides, these gentry are used to acting in the countryside, and none of their buttocks can be cleaned, and the charges are all sent to Chen Wen.
Now, Chen Wen is using a similar technique to push the wind back again, in order to offset the adverse effects caused by the execution of Zhang Yida. The disparity in strength between the two sides is extremely extreme, but even so, Chen Wen still firmly occupies the moral high ground, using those Confucian students who participated in the Manchu imperial examination to establish authority, so that they and the entire local Confucian class behind them know who has the final say in this land.
After a long time, the goatee was the first to stand up, straighten his clothes, and strode towards the door.
"Where are you going?"
Looking back at the fat Confucian and then at the other people here, the goatee sighed, and then said, "I'll go to Fucheng, go out of the office, and enter the civil official training class." As long as I can protect the family, let alone worship the prefect of Sun and the head of Zhou, I will do it even if I recognize them as my father-in-law! ”
"I'm a lifter, and I'm not much worse than Governor Sun's mansion, they should want me to work. Hopefully, it's not too late. With that, the goatee pushed open the door and walked away, leaving only the rest of the group to sit there for a long time. (To be continued.) )