In the Forbidden City of Beijing, Emperor Xianfeng had a gloomy face, and the ministers under him, regardless of the Manchu and Han dynasties, were all gloomy. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAnd the atmosphere of this cycle is like it's dripping. Emperor Xianfeng's face turned blue, and the faces of the other ministers were also very strange. Some are angry, some are afraid, some are even trembling, and so on. However, none of them dared to take a breather.

In the end, it was Xianfeng, as the emperor, who broke this deadlock.

"You say, is this true? Is the thing in this so-called "The Appearance of Officialdom" true? Xianfeng said angrily.

And those ministers, one by one, did not dare to speak, because they knew that the plot in this officialdom was all true. Moreover, the officialdom in reality is far more than the one in the officialdom appearance, which is more absurd, darker and more terrifying.

As high-level officials, these guys are very aware of the problems involved. They have also come up through the shady scenes in this series of officialdom, and they know the shady scenes best. But they didn't expect that someone would write this kind of shady thing in the form of a novel, which made them feel chills behind their backs. Because of such a shady scene, it represents a piece of dirtiness. This kind of filth, just like bacteria, may be better if they don't see the light, but once they see the light, I'm afraid it will make them thunderous, so they can't stand it. They know very well that once the people know about the shady scenes, it will make them unacceptable, and even choose to rebel.

"What guy is so heartless that he actually wrote out this kind of thing?" Many high-ranking Manchu officials also scolded in their hearts.

In fact, they have all learned a little about these "Officialdom Appearances", and they have all read some of them. They were even very shocked by the author of this officialdom appearance, this person named Chen Dingtian. Chen Dingtian actually knows so much about the shady scenes in officialdom, and even knows all kinds of rules and dirtiness in officialdom so well. And this made them very angry with Chen Dingtian, because you are proficient in the rules of officialdom, can't you be an official? You are an official, we are hello, I am hello, everyone is good, and then we will be promoted and make a fortune together. But Chen Dingtian actually chose to publish these officialdom rules, and even shook out the dark things in these officialdoms, so that the people knew how dark this one was, so that it would be worth it?

In this way, the common people will inevitably despair of officialdom, and then even completely despair of the Manchus. When the time comes, who knows what the consequences will be, and this is an unpredictable situation. Therefore, they are also scared in their hearts, so that they, the beneficiaries of the darkness of officialdom, feel afraid.

"Your Majesty, this is all slander and rumors! These are slanders and out-and-out rumors! "Yes! Your Majesty, this is absolutely fake, absolutely fake! "Your Majesty, this is slandering my Qing Dynasty, slandering my Qing Dynasty!" "Your Majesty, the ministers are loyal to the Qing Dynasty, and they can be seen every day, how can this be?"

However, some smart people immediately changed the conversation and said: "Your Majesty, of course, there are some black sheep in the officialdom, and they are just like those guys in this so-called "The Appearance of Officialdom", they are black sheep. But these guys are just ringworm scabies, and most of the court officials are loyal ministers who are willing to serve me in the Qing Dynasty, are willing to represent the herdsmen in the sky, and are willing to die for my Qing Dynasty! ”

"But this Chen Dingtian actually caught some bad deeds of some very few black sheep, and then spread them widely. It is even exaggerated to the point that it seems that all of my Qing Dynasty are such corrupt officials and corrupt officials. He is deliberately generalizing and deliberately using some black sheep behaviors to make the people mistakenly think that our Qing Dynasty is all such corrupt officials and corrupt officials, and they are all such officials who harm the people. Therefore, Your Majesty, this Chen Dingtian can be punished. He is inciting the people to the letter, and then let the people rise up in rebellion. This is slandering my Qing Dynasty, please punish the emperor severely! ”

"Please behead Chen Dingtian to thank the world!" "Yes! Your Majesty, such fallacies confuse the public, confuse the people, and incite rebellions, and it is not enough for the people to be angry if they are not killed. Even, to punish the nine clans! ”

"Please punish the emperor severely!"

These bureaucrats all asked Xianfeng to severely punish Chen Dingtian, even if there was a contradiction between these bureaucrats, but it was only a contradiction between the government and the government. But in the case of suppressing those rebels, they still have to be of one mind. Especially this Chen Dingtian seriously exposed the sins in these officialdom to the sun, making them feel thorns in their backs, and making them corrupt officials restless. It even made them feel chills in their backs, so they were all in a cold sweat now. Their first thought was not to change the situation or clean up the officialdom, but to kill Chen Dingtian and prohibit the continued spread of this so-called officialdom.

This is actually covering his ears and stealing the bell, he is being an ostrich, as if he killed Chen Dingtian, so that the problem does not exist. This kind of ostrich thinking and behavior of covering one's ears and stealing bells is not non-existent. On the contrary, at the end of many dynasties, it is often this kind of person who exists the most. In the face of the crisis, they not only think about change, but think about how they can stifle the person who spreads the crisis. It is as if the people who spread the crisis have been eliminated, so that the crisis does not exist.

This situation is not absent in ancient times, and there was a faint king in ancient times who hated to hear bad news the most. Later, it was suggested that all those who had brought him bad news should be killed, and he did so. As a result, in the end, there was bad news, and they didn't dare to tell him. In the end, it goes without saying that the country perished, because this kind of cover-up does not prevent bad things from happening. However, at the end of the dynasty, when a system is difficult to return, those high-level people are all vested interests, and they are all vested interests in this decadent system, and they are naturally unwilling to listen, unwilling to know the disadvantages of this kind of thing, and even less willing to change. Therefore, they can only choose to kill Chen Dingtian now, so that they can gain inner peace.

Xianfeng saw that these courtiers said this, although they were all a little suspicious in their hearts, but they didn't say anything. After all, Xianfeng is just a young emperor at present, an emperor who has just ascended the throne at about twenty years old, and he is not the kind of old fritter. Moreover, he was born royal and the level is too high, and he often can't see the grassroots. He inherited the throne directly, and he was not the kind of person who climbed up from the grassroots level to the grassroots level, so he naturally did not know how corrupt the Manchu grassroots officials had reached.

Therefore, he also hated this Chen Dingtian very much.

"Damn, this Chen Dingtian, no, it's a thief! Such a rebellion dared to write a book to slander my Qing Dynasty. I have a peaceful world in the Qing Dynasty, under the governance of the imperial examination and the previous emperors, the world is in peace, what turmoil is there? And I have always emulated my ancestors and strived to be a promising king. But this Chen Dingtian actually dared to slander my Daqing, slandered my Daqing, it was such a world, it was really his crime to be punished! ”

"And those who spread such anti-books, all of them are fellow party members of Chen Thief. This "Record of the Appearance of Officialdom" is a counter-book slandering our Qing Dynasty and the emperors of the Qing Dynasty, and it is a counter-book that inciting all the people of the world, inciting my Qing subjects, and inciting my Qing Dynasty Chen Min to rebel, and it should be banned. The order was passed that all those who collected anti-books should be severely punished, all beheaded for public display, and their families should be used as official slaves. Also, all printing and so on will be severely punished! ”

With Xianfeng's order, everyone present knew that a literary prison was about to begin. This literary prison is probably an astonishing turmoil, and this literary prison may be even more terrible than the previous literary prisons of the year. However, this time, these bureaucrats did not object, because this Chen Dingtian's "The Appearance of Officialdom" had already touched their interests and made them very afraid. Therefore, this ban on the spread of "The Appearance of Officialdom" and the circulation of this Officialdom Appearance is beneficial to them.

As for whether the word prison will break out, so they don't care! Anyway, as long as it doesn't involve them, then they don't have anything to worry about. As for the future, he also said that it didn't matter, because this thing is fiction. In the eyes of many readers, novels are mostly things that only people can read, and those officials like elegant poems and songs, and it is impossible for these things to involve themselves. Therefore, most of the people who are implicated are some low-level people, and there are some grass-roots scholars who show off their talents or something. At most, they are some grassroots petty officials, and middle and high-level officials will not be implicated.

Therefore, they are not worried that they will be involved, but if they can ban the spread of this "Officialdom Appearance", then it will protect their interests for them, and they will naturally not object.

And Xianfeng also began to start his own accession to the throne, and before he changed the yuan, he launched a literary prison, which laid the foundation for his future demise of the Manchu Dynasty.

"Fengtian carried the emperor, and the edict said: 'I heard that Chen Zhidingtian wrote the anti-book "The Appearance of Officialdom", slandering me in the Qing Dynasty and the previous emperors of the Qing Dynasty, which is an unforgivable crime. Today, there is a division in the world, it is forbidden to oppose the book, the officialdom is spread, and the officialdom is found to be burned. Anyone who collects, copies, or reads anti-books will be beheaded, and their families will be made official slaves. In addition, Lu Jianying, the governor of Liangjiang, arrested Chen Shundingtian, arrested his relatives of the nine clans, and escorted him to the capital to wait for the emperor to try the case. Such heinous people should be executed by Ling Chi, and the relatives of the nine clans should all be beheaded. ”

Xianfeng directly issued an edict, demanding that those who were related to the appearance of officialdom be severely punished, and even beheaded, and their families should be used as official slaves. Even Chen Dingtian, the author, will be arrested and punished by the Nine Clans. Although it was nominally to escort the capital, in fact, Xianfeng had already convicted Chen Dingtian, convicted Chen Dingtian of Ling Chi's execution, and wanted to connect his family. However, Xianfeng didn't know that Chen Dingtian didn't have any family in this era, so he naturally wouldn't be afraid of anything.

As for his desire to capture himself and put him to death? This Chen Dingtian is even more afraid, anyway, Chen Dingtian is here in the foreign concession, can they easily cross the concession? As for China can't stay any longer, he can go to Europe! Although he didn't want to go to Europe easily, if the Manchus wanted to kill him, there was no reason for him to wait for death! Anyway, if you don't keep your grandfather here, you have a place to keep your grandfather, with Chen Dingtian's ability, you won't starve to death when you go to Europe, but you can make a fortune, what are you afraid of?

Xianfeng's holy decree was sent to Lu Jianying, the governor of Liangjiang, through an expedited eight hundred miles, and Lu Jianying also knew the emperor's meaning. This time it's going to set off a text prison again, but Lu Jianying doesn't care, anyway, this text prison can't involve him. Anyway, it's not yourself who dies, and as for others, it's all about letting others die.

Even, those officials under the governor of Liangjiang saw this edict, as if they had seen a hungry wolf. Because of this text prison, it means that they can go further to extort and make money. If such a good opportunity is missed, then I don't know when such an opportunity will be available. So they saw such a good opportunity, and of course they wouldn't miss it easily.

"Rich!" Many of those low-level bureaucrats thought to themselves.

Although the top said to arrest, but who to arrest and how to arrest, isn't it up to them, the executive level? Although these executive level people may not have decision-making power, whether to execute, how to execute, and what level of implementation is their power. So this is their way of making money. This time it's a text prison, it's a very terrible text prison, and they're not afraid that they won't be able to make money. Those "fat sheep" are afraid that they will have to fish people out of bankruptcy, because in order to avoid their families being connected, they naturally have to pay desperately. It's best to be able to fish it out in this way, if you can't fish it out, then the whole family will be destroyed, and even the family will be killed!

In order to save his life, but also to save the life of his family, no one will be reluctant to spend money, even if the family is bankrupt. Therefore, this literary prison can be said to be a feast for corrupt officials and corrupt officials, so that they can all eat a lot of money.

But they don't know that if Heaven wants him to perish, it must first make him mad. They were so crazy that it was already a prelude to destruction. Although this "The Appearance of Officialdom" gave them an opportunity to extort a lot, but they also let their behavior completely come to a real version of "The Appearance of Officialdom", so that countless people can see their true colors clearly and completely despair of the Manchu Qing.