"My lord, the mistakes made by Lord Song are all due to his subordinates, and the minister is willing to bear part of the responsibility for him, and I only hope that the lord has not spared his life before the catastrophe is made."

Gao Zhan glanced at Song Gai, who was kneeling on the ground like ashes, and got up to beg for mercy. Song should certainly be guilty of ten thousand deaths, but he has to intercede for the other party, otherwise the outside world may not know how to arrange Wei Shuo, and it may even destroy the wise image that Wei Shuo has always established.

The outside world doesn't know the inside story at all, or even if they know the truth, under the smear of someone with a heart, the whole thing may become jealous of being able to frame Song Gai, who has contradictions with him, and Wei Shuo is a mediocre person who doesn't know right and wrong. In order to prevent this from happening, Gao Zhan had to intercede.

Wei Shuo naturally knew the sensitivity of the incident, and because it involved his henchmen Gao Zhan, it was impossible for him to severely punish Song Gai.

"Master Song, do you see? I'm still pleading for you now, but how do you do it? Don't you feel a little ashamed? ”

In the face of Wei Shuo's questioning, Song Gai was ashamed and did not say a word, completely resigned to his fate. However, he really didn't expect Gao Zhan to intercede for him again, which shows that Gao Zhan really wanted to reconcile with him.

"For the sake of Gao Changshi, I think that you haven't made a big mistake yet, so I'll spare your life for the time being! After going back, close the door and thank you, and cultivate yourself at home! ”

……

On this day, after dealing with government affairs, Wei Shuo finally had a little free time and planned to take a good rest. It's been a few days since he returned to Xiangping, but he hasn't been with his family yet, and he can't help but think of his family when he has free time today.

Pei Ying'er was both delighted and surprised by Wei Shuo's arrival, she probably didn't expect that her husband, who had been busy all day, would have time to come to see her today.

"How is Ying'er doing? I'll take a look at Zheng'er! As he spoke, Wei Shuo's gaze shifted to his son, who was sleeping soundly in the crib.

"My husband has been working hard for state affairs recently, and my concubine can't solve your worries and problems, but I still have Lao Fujun worried, and I am really ashamed."

"Hey. Ying'er, what are you talking about? You and I are husband and wife, we should be considerate of each other, and besides, my husband is busy with state affairs outside, thanks to a good wife who keeps everything in the house in order, how can I not be moved and gratified? ”

"Serve your husband and take care of the house. It is the duty of the concubine, I just hope that the husband will not be entangled in family affairs! ”

"Hahaha, okay, I have a good wife to help, why worry about big things?!"

"The husband is wise and martial, he is willing to give advice, he knows people well, he will be able to calm the Quartet sooner or later, and he will be famous in history!"

"It's just that the concubine looks at her husband and is a little haggard recently. I was distressed. ”

Pei Ying'er leaned her head on Wei Shuo's chest, "The concubine doesn't know anything about military affairs, but I have also heard people say that the way of civil and martial arts, one by one, is like a bowstring, and it cannot be stretched too tightly." The coming day is long, and the husband will not break his body. ”

"Ying'er don't worry. For the husband to know. ”

"Husband, wait a moment, a few days ago, the concubine learned cooking skills from Her Royal Highness the Princess. Let the concubine go and prepare some snacks for her husband. ”

Wei Shuo lovingly ran his hand through her hair, and he always felt pity for this woman who was suffering with him.

"There's Mrs. Law!"

……

Throughout the month of June, the whole of Liaodong talked about the military operations of Liaodong to conquer Changli and Liaoxi, from the officials to the scholars. Even the literate ladies discussed the war on the front lines through the newspapers.

However, at this moment, a non-governmental newspaper suddenly revealed that the county magistrate of Wenxian County had colluded with officials at all levels of the county government to embezzle and accept bribes, thus arousing public opinion.

Sometimes it changes from place to place. It often starts in some casual places. For the top and bottom of Liaodong, since the birth of the newspaper, it has been quickly accepted by all walks of life. Through the newspaper, people can not only learn about the government's major government decisions, but also convey the voice of the people to the outside world through the newspaper.

For local officials, newspapers are not only synonymous with trouble, but sometimes even become a tight spell on the heads of local officials. The slightest carelessness of the official will be exposed by the newspaper to the illegal and criminal matters, which will attract the supervision department to investigate, and once it is verified, he may be dismissed from office.

In the past, many officials wrote to Wei Shuo, believing that newspapers were just non-governmental organizations and had no power to investigate and publish information about officials, and asked the government to introduce policies to restrict the authority of newspapers.

However, Wei Shuo not only refused to accept the officials' letters on the grounds that the newspapers had reported the meritorious service of the locality, but also publicly praised the newspapers for their meritorious reports many times, which made the newspapers in various places keep a close eye on the officials in Liaodong. And for the officials, the newspapers are simply more difficult than the inspectorates.

The newspaper is the biggest guarantee for the Qingming Dynasty in Liaodong at present, and a large number of people who belong to the newspaper are young scholars from the Shu nationality, and they do things for the newspaper office mostly to earn money to supplement their families. Although there are also black sheep among them, most of them are hot-blooded and well-known, keen to make a name for themselves by exposing local lawlessness.

Strengthening the supervision of bureaucrats was a crucial step in ensuring the rule of officials, so after Wei Shuo introduced the newspapers to Liaodong, in order to encourage them to send messengers to various places, let them take the initiative to supervise local officials, and offered rich fame and fortune rewards to the whistleblowers.

It's just that all along, the people have been looking for the principle that the people do not fight with the officials, and few private newspapers dare to investigate the government in private, or they dare not publish anything directly in the newspapers after investigation, after all, there are too few people who dare to easily offend the government these days.

even made Wei Shuo think that it would take a long process to slowly change the preconceived notions in people's hearts. Unexpectedly, a private newspaper stood up today to break the news. Wei Shuo welcomed this, believing that if it was coupled with the official monitoring system, it would definitely reverse the bad rule of officials since the end of the Jin Dynasty.

"It's just audacious."

Slamming the newspaper on the case, Wei Shuo stood up, and the cold gaze in his eyes made Song Zheng and Feng Yi on the side shudder. Everyone knows that their boss hates the corrupt and perverted the law the most, so he did not hesitate to greatly increase the welfare of officials, hoping to support his honesty through high salaries, but he did not expect that there were still people who could not control their inner greed and took risks.

After the opening of the government, Wei Shuo wrote many times in various places, requiring officials at all levels to abide by the law, and even he himself was strict with himself and never violated the law. When the words were still in his ears, there was a matter of corruption and perversion of the law in the locality, how not to make Wei Shuo angry.

"Humph! I want to see if a certain knife is fast, or a corrupt official is fast! Song Zheng, as the criminal Cao Pengshi, this matter will be handed over to you, and in addition, the whole process of handling the case must be disclosed to the outside world! ”

"No!" Song Zheng turned and left.

In fact, including Wei Shuo, they didn't care much about the officials who were exposed, and what really made them care was the private newspaper. Everyone knows the power of the newspaper, and now the huge non-governmental forces will also join the side of supervising officials, bringing huge psychological pressure to officials at all levels.

"Master Pei, I don't think this newspaper was banned first?"

In the pastoral mansion, a middle-level official hesitated for a moment and made a suggestion to Pei Wei, Yang Tan, Huangfu Qi, You Di, and Xiake. In his opinion, once this kind of thing is indulged, it will inevitably cause the crowd to follow suit, and it will undoubtedly bring tremendous pressure to officials at all levels.

"Nonsense! How to forbid? What is the reason for the ban? If the lord does not sin with his words, how can we ruin the reputation of the lord? Besides, if you have a problem with yourself, can't you let the outside world talk about it?" Pei Wei's face sank and he reprimanded.

Huang Fudian supported Pei Wei and said: "Yes, for today's plan, it should be to cooperate with Song Pengshi to try this case as soon as possible, and then use it as a typical official at all levels in the name of the pastoral government, and ask everyone to bow down and introspect." ”

After the official intervened, the people involved were quickly brought to justice, and all the people involved were arrested, and none of them escaped. Subsequently, the private newspaper became famous all over the world, and it also inspired many private newspapers to investigate and expose local officials.

For the first time, the government handled a case exposed by a private newspaper and made the process of handling the case open to the world. Not only did the credibility of the government not suffer, but on the contrary, its prestige soared, and the dismissal of so many officials involved in the case did not cause any impact, and the newly appointed officials quickly took over all the work. (To be continued.) )