Chapter 9: The Appearance of Officialdom (1)

Not long after, Chen Dingtian once again began to "publish" this new book "The Appearance of Officialdom" through the channel of this Heaven and Earth Society. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The Appearance of Officialdom was originally a famous officialdom satirical novel in the late Qing Dynasty, which was dedicated to satirizing all kinds of ugly phenomena in the Manchu officialdom, exposing to the public many unknown situations in the Manchu officialdom, and even many bureaucrats themselves did not know all about it. This novel caused a great sensation at the time, and even at the end of the twentieth century, it was evaluated as one of the most influential novels of the twentieth century. The influence of this novel is huge, and it has already shaken the entire Manchu officialdom.

However, this time Chen Dingtian was annoyed that the Manchu bureaucrats refused to let him go, so of course he was not the kind of person who was bullied and pinched his nose, so he naturally wanted to retaliate. And what he is best at is writing about black people, and he can use more subjects for black people, so he naturally got it from his memory. There were many well-known translations of this officialdom in later generations, so he naturally knew it very well. Even if his memory is not complete, he can write a book according to that outline, because his own literary level is not bad, and it is not particularly difficult to write one by himself.

As for finding a channel for the Heaven and Earth Society to publish, there is no way to do this. After all, he was only familiar with the channels of the Heaven and Earth Society, and he didn't know how to get other channels. However, Heaven and Earth will also have a very keen interest in the officialdom of the Black Manchu Dynasty. After they received this novel of the officialdom's appearance, not only did they not ask Chen Dingtian for "publication fees", but took the initiative to print it here, and soon the entire area around Shanghai was also shocked to find a divine book!

"Look at it, read this book, and you will know how to be an official!" There are people from the Heaven and Earth Society who said.

Hearing this, many students who were preparing for the imperial examination also rushed over to buy it. Because they are not taking the imperial examination just to become officials? Aren't they officials just to be big officials? If they can learn how to be officials, then they are also keen to spend money. Although many people don't know how to be an official now, they are also willing to learn! To avoid becoming an official in the future, I don't know how to be it, this is the most tragic.

As a result, a large number of students have purchased it, which has accelerated the spread of this officialdom appearance.

"Oh my God! I Qing Dynasty officialdom, my Qing Dynasty officialdom actually ......"

Many students let out the same exclamation, they saw the contents of this officialdom appearance, and they were all shocked. You must know that as a person outside the officialdom, it is difficult to know how dark the officialdom is, let alone how dark this feudal officialdom is. However, this record of the appearance of officialdom actually directly pointed out some dark sides within this Manchu officialdom, and even specially compiled these dark sides into a novel, and then specially connected them into a complete novel.

As a result, in this record of the appearance of officialdom, there is the dark side of officialdom everywhere, all kinds of corruption, officials oppressing the people, and looting the people's fat and ointment. To curry favor with the top, to criticize the below, and even all kinds of corruption and other means emerge in an endless stream, which is shocking!

"Is my Qing officialdom really so terrible?" Many young and ignorant students asked.

Another person who seemed to have a bit of identity said: "I think, although it may not be comprehensive, but it is not far away." I looked at this officialdom appearance, how I looked, how I seemed to feel that I had found my prototype here. When I went to the Yamen to do business, I also encountered similar things. The eight-character yamen is open to the south, and there is no reason to come in without money. ”

"Yes! I've experienced a lot of similar things, and I've experienced them a few times, and I didn't just happen out of thin air! "Yes! Who is this Chen Dingtian, how is he so familiar with the doorways in the officialdom, and he has actually summed it up? "Well, this guy is too familiar with our court officialdom, and he dares to write it so openly, is he really not headed?" ……

Many people have expressed a "mixed opinion" attitude towards Chen Dingtian's book "The Appearance of Officialdom", and some young and enthusiastic people applauded Chen Dingtian's behavior, thinking that this exposes the ugly phenomenon of officialdom, so that everyone can know how ugly this Manchu officialdom is. Even some people naively hope that the top can see this book, and then the new emperor Xianfeng can give an order to rectify the officialdom, so that the Qing Dynasty will be clear.

Of course, this is the idea of young and enthusiastic people, they still have hope for this Manchu Qing, they hope that under the leadership of Emperor Xianfeng, they will sweep away the filth of officialdom with an order, and then give the Qing Dynasty a bright future. I have to say that these guys still have certain extravagant hopes for the Manchus, but in fact they are very naïve and impossible. Because including the emperor Xianfeng, they are all beneficiaries of this ugly phenomenon in officialdom, and they are naturally not willing to reform. Even if Xianfeng wanted to reform, it would not be able to shake the incomparably huge bureaucracy.

"Hey, this Chen Dingtian, even if he knows what is in it, don't write it out! I really don't know how long his head will be able to keep it! "There are also some people who are worried about her.

Many people think that this Chen Dingtian's head will not last long, because the Manchu literary prison is extremely powerful, and he will be cut off at every turn. This officialdom is a record, but the description of the ugly and dark side of the Manchu officialdom is completely exposed in front of everyone, and it is even directly very explicit. It is so directly expressed, as if those bacteria in the shadows, in the face of this sudden sun's rays, of course they are afraid of the ultraviolet rays in it, making them miserable.

Therefore, they will definitely not let Chen Dingtian go easily, and they will definitely find a way to harm Chen Dingtian, and when the time comes, they can find a crime to kill Chen Dingtian. In this way, maybe it will affect the family!

In Qingpu County, Yu Longguang, the magistrate of Qingpu, looked at the "Appearance of Officialdom" that had just been printed in large quantities, and then his hands trembled.

"Lord Zhixian, you ......" The master next to him tried to ask this Zhixian Yu Longguang.

Yu Longguang's extension and expression are very strange, there are three points of anger, three points of fear, and even three points of horror, in short, this expression is very weird. It's like a cat with its tail on it, and it's both scared and frightened.

"Chen Dingtian, I'm not done with you!" Yu Longguang said angrily.

Yu Longguang is now like a cat whose tail has been stepped on, and he feels that he has been poked in the sore spot. Even the officials of the entire Qingpu County, the county governments around Shanghai, as well as all kinds of scribes, and even all kinds of people who eat public meals, and all kinds of masters in the yamen, all feel like cats with their tails stepping on this officialdom. They were furious, very angry at the appearance of this officialdom.

Because they found that each of them found a role corresponding to their own identity or a similar identity in this officialdom appearance. However, these roles of theirs are also opposite. What kind of whiskers, what kind of bribery, and even all kinds of looting of the people, people's fat and people's ointment, these are all written in "The Appearance of Officialdom", which makes them feel that this officialdom appearance is just like a special slap in the face.

"Bastard, you can't let go of this surnamed Chen so easily!" A Manchu official shouted angrily.

These corrupt officials of the Manchu Qing Dynasty all felt fear, as if someone had directly inserted a sharp knife into their hearts. Even many people have chills in their backs while watching this "The Appearance of Officialdom", and they haven't seen a third of it yet, and many people have cold sweat on their backs.

Because they were originally corrupt, or all kinds of corruption and bending the law, giving and accepting bribes, etc., most of them were carried out in the dark and would not be made public. And public opinion will not openly say this, and those dirty transactions in the shadows are also carried out behind the scenes, and they will not be announced at all. But the appearance of this officialdom has exposed their shady behaviors, all kinds of shady behaviors, directly in front of the public.

In this way, they seem to be talking about themselves, and they feel that they have been "slapped in the face", because each of them has substituted their own identity into the role in it, and it even feels too terrible. These corrupt officials and corrupt officials, once exposed, will be ruined, or even die without a place to bury.

So now they see that Chen Dingtian actually took the initiative to expose all the dark things in these officialdoms, making them stab in their backs, and they feel that they can't sleep well. What's even more terrifying is that these novels are not only written in plain language, but even written directly in the vernacular. Such a vernacular can be understood even by rural villagers. This makes them feel even more thorns in their backs, because if every villager understands that they are corrupt officials and corrupt officials, then wouldn't any villager also know that there are no good people in their officialdom.

The writing of this vernacular essay is also terrible. In this way, I am afraid that it will not be long before the people of the entire East China region also know this "The Appearance of Officialdom", and even know the various dark sides of those officialdoms, so that their dark and dirty things will also be exposed to the sun, which is terrible.

In Shanghai, Chen Dingtian was listening to Fu Shanxiang's report on the appearance of officialdom.

"Mr. Chen, this officialdom has so far commissioned the people of the Heaven and Earth Society to print no less than 5,000 copies. However, there are still many cases of unauthorized printing on the market, so we don't know exactly how many copies there are. However, judging from the printing of those various workshops, I am afraid that this speed will spread very quickly, and it is impossible to estimate how fast it will be. After all, these book-printing workshops, what makes money they print, and even they don't have any copyright, they just print them all, and they don't have to give you money! Fu Shanxiang said.

Chen Dingtian was speechless, the Manchu Qing Dynasty in this era, there is no copyright and copyright, some people have worked hard to write books, not only can not get the right royalties, but they have to be directly printed, but people make money. So in this Manchu Dynasty, where there is no copyright protection, writing this "The Appearance of Officialdom" by himself is popular, and all kinds of printing workshops will also go to print it, anyway, aren't they just for wealth? can be sold, that is, even if it is printed, there is no need to pay those authors manuscript fees and royalties anyway.

"Forget it, I also wrote to black this Manchu Qing. Anyway, I don't expect to get much manuscript fee, as long as the Manchu Qing is hacked and those people know the true face of the Manchu Qing, then I don't care. It would be good to let the dark and dirty side of those Manchu bureaucrats be completely exposed in front of this people, and let the people be completely disappointed in this Manchu Qing. Perhaps, if the people were disappointed in the Manchus earlier, then maybe the Manchus would be overthrown sooner, and I would have contributed to history! Chen Dingtian said comfortingly.

Although Chen Dingtian did not dare and did not have the ability to rebel and overthrow the Manchu Qing, he did not mind using his pen and ink to write a book, which could help wake up the people and let the people take the initiative to awaken and overthrow the Manchus, which is also good. It's like if you don't have the ability to go to the battlefield to fight the invaders, but you don't mind doing what you can to help the country. Although Chen Dingtian did not have the ability to fight the Manchus on the battlefield, he could make the people completely despair of the Manchus by writing books and exposing the ugly phenomena of the Manchus, so that the people and those elite intellectuals could rise up against the Manchus and let everyone see the true face of the Manchus. When the time comes, I will do my best, and I will do my best to contribute to the progress of the country and the nation. Anyway, Chen Dingtian didn't have a good impression of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and he didn't have any psychological pressure to write articles and novels to blacken him. Anyway, it is impossible for him to reconcile with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, so naturally write an article to hack him, which is the most suitable means.

"Although I can't personally organize the rebel army, command the war and overthrow the Manchus by force, I can also write a book to blacken you, so that the people and the people in the country can see your true face clearly, so that they can revolt together to overthrow your rotten government. In this way, I will not waste my time traveling, and I can try my best to make some contributions to our country and nation. Although I can't go directly to the battlefield to direct the battle and kill the enemy, I will use my pen as a gun and ink as a bullet to hit you, the rotten Manchu Qing, and then make countless people awaken, so as to overthrow your rotten feudal dynasty. ”