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Because the canal passes through this place, although Kaocheng is not as rich as Xiangfu in the world, it is also prosperous.

It's just that because of a news in Henan Business Daily, the hearts of Kaocheng people floated.

Just as various chambers of commerce emerged after the Donghai Chamber of Commerce, after the large number of Donghai Business Newspapers were issued, various business newspapers also followed up in a grand manner. There are few real fools who are rich and powerful, and everyone can see the power represented by this new thing from the huge influence of the business newspaper, and they all want to participate in this power as much as possible.

Henan Business Daily has a very strong tone, but in fact it is only a tabloid newspaper that mainly relies on reprinting and excerpting news from other newspapers and periodicals, and it is only distributed in Kaifeng Prefecture and several surrounding counties, and the number of copies that can be sold in each issue is only more than 3,000 copies.

However, the latest issue of Henan Business Daily sold a record-breaking 4,000 copies, of which Kaocheng County alone increased the sales by at least 200 copies.

"The so-called railway, to destroy the people's field and house industry, the feng shui of the ancestral grave of the bad people, and this matter must be done by the officials, this is to go to one Zhu Mian, and come to dozens of hundreds of Zhu Mian!"

This article, signed "Kao County is not angry", does not mention Zhou Quan, let alone the Son of Heaven, but only analyzes the disadvantages of the railway, and its important reasons are three, the first to build the railway to expropriate the land and house industry along the way, which will displace the people, the second bad people's ancestral tomb feng shui, there is a loss of morality, and the third will create a large number of corrupt officials.

For most people, the first is false - with the current state of land annexation in the Great Song Dynasty, how many yeoman farmers are along the way is really a problem, and if it really needs to be expropriated, it is impossible not to make up for it. The second article moved many people, the Great Song Dynasty superstition, from the Son of Heaven to the people, all believe in Taoist priests, and believe in the metaphysics of Feng Shui, like Zhao Ji Xiu Genyue, an important reason is that there are Taoist priests muttering to him, saying that the Beijing master is good, that is, there is no mountain, the so-called country is not complete, the country must be in trouble. As for the third one, except for the nerds who read dead books, no one goes to their hearts, isn't it true that if the Beijing-Xu Railway is not repaired, there will be no officials to get up and down?

Of course, there is another article that makes the people of Kaocheng County talk about it, which is the author's signature: Kaocheng is not angry.

This is obviously a pseudonym, and it is not uncommon to use a pseudonym in newspaper articles, and it is said that many articles on nature in the East China Sea Chamber of Commerce were written by Zhou Quan under a pseudonym.

But this person's pseudonym is a pseudonym, but it is not completely transformed, and he is not angry in Kaocheng, and his origin is clearly revealed.

"I think it was Lin Zhiwei's doing!"

"No, no, no, this article is incisive, and those who are not from family studies can't do it, it should be made by Fu Qinghe."

"What you said is not right, Lin Zhiqi and Fu Qinghe are all people who cherish feathers, and they will not make a move when they are idle, besides, this article is against the living God of Wealth, how long has Zhu Mian been dead? In my opinion, it was the Cai family's doing! ”

This Cai clan and Cai Jing Cai have little to do with each other, they are local noble families, although their strength has decreased a lot compared to their heyday, but they still occupy a large amount of land in Kaocheng County. Moreover, the Cai family has a large population, both poor and rich, and those clan elders have wealth and rural public opinion, and their clan power is so strong that even the words of the county order may not be able to be effective.

The people who were discussing in the tavern heard that someone said that it was Cai's doing, and they all looked at one of them.

This is the Cai family, when everyone was talking, he didn't speak, at this time, everyone looked at it, he calmly put down the wine glass: "This article is written by me Cai Jiesheng." ”

Everyone didn't expect him to directly admit that he was the author of the article, and after being stunned, everyone looked different. There are admirers, there are indifferent people, and there are people who can't help but sit upright so that they can get farther away from him.

These are all in Cai Jiesheng's eyes, and he smiled: "This is also Cai's public opinion, everyone, you are also from everyone, I invite you here today, just to ask, don't you want to see your ancestral tomb destroyed and feng shui lost?" ”

Ancestral tombs, feng shui, and interests.

Everyone was silent, not quite understanding, how dare Cai Jiesheng do such a thing, at this time Zhou Quan was in full swing, and even Zhu Mian, the favorite minister of the Son of Heaven, was killed by him - although he died in Xiangfu County, it was only a few dozen miles away from Kaocheng County, and they had heard about it.

Why did Cai's fight against Zhou Quan?

"Where did I confront Zhou Quan, I just asked for the people's life, I have read a lot of newspapers over the years, I know that this living god of wealth acts, you read my article, but there is no mention of him, this is already the great kindness I released." Hearing someone asking, Cai Jiesheng smiled hesitantly: "Since ancient times, how many gravediggers have a good end, where the ancestral grave is located, can outsiders step on it?" The God of Wealth can make money again, but when it comes to the township, it is still up to the old gentry to decide. ”

The first ones are all false, only the last sentence makes everyone feel justified.

Like the previous dynasties, the imperial power of the Great Song Dynasty was also difficult to reach the township, and the township rules and folk customs may be greater than the country for the people in the countryside. And the power of the old gentry in the countryside may seem insignificant when facing the imperial court alone, but when facing the state system as a whole, it can show no less power!

If the railway arrives, it will inevitably pass through the countryside and villages, which means that the outsiders who come with the railway will invade the power of everyone here.

Thinking that he could no longer be powerful on the heads of those foolish people in the countryside, a trace of fierceness flashed in everyone's eyes: "What Brother Cai said is reasonable, this railway matter cannot be allowed to be done, no matter how much money the God of Living Wealth provides, he cannot be allowed to do it!" ”

Cai Jiesheng smiled with satisfaction, swept everyone around, and then said slowly: "Naturally, some people feel that it doesn't matter, they can report to Zhou Quan about our gathering today, maybe if we sell us, we can exchange a few bones to gnaw, but in the future, in the township, don't blame us for not giving face." ”

This is a threat to the people not to talk about it, and of course everyone has no objection.

After all, they are just gentry in the village, and they don't know what kind of behemoth they are facing. At this time, everyone felt full of confidence, don't say that Zhou Quan is the emperor's official family, and when they come here, they have to summon a few villagers to ask for warmth, not to mention Zhou Quan, to put it bluntly, he is just a person who can make money.

With the beginning of the first article in the Henan Business Daily, news of opposition to the construction of the Beijing-Xu Railway was spread in various newspapers and periodicals near Beijing and even in Yingtianfu.

With such momentum, how could Zhou Quan know nothing?

He was originally in Xuzhou and personally participated in the new test of the steam engine, but at this time he had to rush to Yingtian to learn about the situation in this regard.

Wang Qinian, who arrived in Yingtian one step ahead of him, appeared beside him when he got off the carriage and said in a low voice: "Things have a little eyebrows, the article in Henan Business Daily was written by a person named Cai Jiesheng in Kaocheng, he was not angry in Kaocheng under the pseudonym of Kaocheng, although there was some cover-up, but we still let the people from Henan Business Daily tell the truth." ”

"It's just a Henan Business Daily, how can there be such a big momentum." Zhou Quan shook his head.

It's not that Henan Business Daily doesn't have such a big momentum, but that Cai Jiesheng can't have so much energy. This person had never heard of it, and before this incident, he was just an unknown junior.

"The surname is Cai ...... Does it have anything to do with Master Cai's family? He asked again.

Dare to be the first in the world, do this kind of thing that offends him, you have to rely on it, if it is Cai Jing behind it, it is a very bad signal, proving that after Zhou Quan lost Zhao Ji's trust, the alliance with Cai Jing began to break down.

"His family is a Kaocheng family, he is a showman, and someone in his family has entered Beijing and married Mrs. Cai, but Mrs. Cai does not take too much care of his family." Wang Qinian knew that Zhou Quan would ask about this news, so he inquired very comprehensively.

A sneer appeared on the corner of Zhou Quan's mouth, a talented person from a local prestigious family had such a big courage.

And his article in Henan Business Daily actually evoked so many responses!

"Qi Nian, what do you think is wrong?" Zhou Quan asked.

Wang Qinian paused and said in a low voice: "Over the years, the development of various chambers of commerce has been too fast, and there have been contradictions with the local noble gentry. ”

This is inevitable, the rapid development of the Chamber of Commerce means that the number of workshops increases, and the workshops need a large number of "free" labor, and the local noble gentry also need a large number of labor bound to the land. This is an almost irreconcilable contradiction between the two relations of production.

It's just that the previous rapid development and the equalization of interests made it possible to ignore this contradiction, but now, industry and commerce have developed to the point where they are enough to impact the old relations of production, and the old relations of production must of course react.

They instinctively dislike the new business of the railway, because it will bring more workshops and workshops, it will make it easier for the labor force in the countryside to go out, and it will shake their clan and patriarchal power.

Zhou Quan nodded, Wang Qinian could see this step, and it was in vain for his words over the years: "If there is any news, let's talk about it together." ”

"Since the day before yesterday, things have changed, and what was originally only in the various newspapers and magazines in the city has now spread to the countryside. In Kaocheng County, people in every township and village posted posters complaining bitterly about the harm of the railway, especially the infringement of feng shui that made the ancestral spirits uneasy. ”

"How did the people react?"

"There's a lot of talk, but it's all against the railway."

Zhou Quan rubbed his forehead with some distress and scolded in his heart. This is where these gentry and nobles are powerful, most of the people in the countryside are illiterate, and they don't know what national affairs are, and their news is selectively passed on by these gentry and nobles, so even the credibility of the imperial court is not as good as these gentry in the countryside.

This is not one or two people, it is likely that all the villages along the Beijing-Xu Railway were instigated.

So this momentum must be continued, and they can't be allowed to continue.

Zhou Quan regretted for the first time at this time, he should not have spread the movable type printing technology, which caused all kinds of newspapers to flood now, and public opinion was not controlled by him.

However, if you think about it carefully, Bi Sheng had already made wooden movable type decades ago, and it was impossible for him to keep the secret of movable type printing even if he wanted to. People in this era are not really stupid. (To be continued.) )