Liu Jian unfolded the letter, and because his eyes were not good, he asked someone to move the oil lamp closer, and then slowly unfolded the letterhead, looking at it word by word. Bayi Chinese Network

"Students often hear people say in the market: the life of the emperor today, the pro-gentleman, the traitor, the virtuous minister and the thin eunuch, the cover has become a prosperous era, and all the people are blessed with the grace of the king, so that they can have enough food and clothing, and enjoy a peaceful world.

The students also heard that His Majesty has three virtuous ministers, one is called Liu Jian, the second is the bachelor Li Dongyang, and the third is the bachelor Xie Qian. The ancient virtuous ministers, such as Zhou Gong and Xiao He, are nothing more than that. ”

"Yesterday, Dongchang suddenly closed down the Xueer Newspaper Museum, arrested a number of scholars and craftsmen, and tortured them overnight, like wolves and tigers. He also framed the bachelor for opening a newspaper, confusing the public with fallacies, and framed him, doing everything he could, and his evil deeds were notorious. The students were not convinced, so they argued with Dongchang, and Liu Cheng, the eunuch of Dongchang, was arrogant, pointing to the deer as a horse, and said that Dongchang was deeply instructed by the cabinet......"

"My Ming cabinet is crowded with talented people and is highly respected, how can I do such a thing of blocking the road and sealing the newspaper hall......... Liu Cheng slandered the cabinet and could not redeem his death, but since his words were scorching, the students had to come and ask if this matter could be related to the cabinet. If it is related to the cabinet, the newspaper should ban the institute, and the student Meng Lang cannot understand the painstaking efforts of the cabinet scholars, and he should be punished. If it has nothing to do with the cabinet, Liu Cheng banned the newspaper without authorization, slandered Zhongliang, and bitten the cabinet, and asked the cabinet scholars to take charge of justice......"

This letter was written very straightforwardly, Liu Jian read it all the way, and while he was immersed in the letter, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian also stood behind him and watched the letter together.

Liu Jian sighed, his eyebrows already furrowed. The writing of this letter is not outstanding, but every sentence is hidden in mystery. The first sentence of this letter first said that my emperor is shengming, but why is my emperor shengming? Naturally, because our emperor enabled the virtuous ministers, he got the great rule of the world.

With this first sentence, the following words came, so he began to praise several bachelors in the cabinet, and finally said that it was Zhou Gong and Xiao He who were not more than famous compared to them. What's even more insidious is that the letter does not exaggerate the actions of the cabinet scholars too much, and only uses a general sentence such as opening the road, which lays the groundwork for the rest of the text.

Later, he told the story again, first saying that the newspaper was smashed, and a number of people who read books were arrested, plus a few outrageous, wolf-like words and phrases to describe it. He also said that after the Dongchang was smashed, he also said that the cabinet instructed them to smash it, and even the person who said this sentence had a name and surname, this person was called Liu Cheng, he not only smashed the newspaper hall, arrested the scholars to torture him, and was extremely vicious, but also said unashamedly that this was the meaning of the cabinet bachelor.

At the end of Liu Chengfeng's letter, he looked completely unconvinced, the cabinet scholars were highly respected and open-minded, how could they instruct the eunuchs of Dongchang to catch scholars? Instructed the eunuch of the East Factory to raid the newspaper hall? Liu nerd didn't believe it, so he wrote a letter to ask Liu Jian in person, meaning, I really don't believe it at all, 11 million don't believe it, but this is said by the eunuch in the palace, Lord Liu, why don't you annotate, is this eunuch surnamed Liu slandering your old man, or does your old man have other unfathomable considerations? No matter what, you have to give us an explanation.

Then, all the believers!

first put on a top hat and laid an ambush pen, and then very politely asked the teacher to ask for a reply, and even faintly coerced, as long as the cabinet did not give an explanation, it was really impossible to poke out.

Can this kind of thing be poked out? Of course not. If Dongchang does it, but if the ban on newspapers and the beating of famous scholars involve the cabinet, it will inevitably be a storm at that time, and countless people will rush to scold the street, or happily go to the court cane, and those idle officials in the Guozijian, the Imperial Embassy, and even the six departments of Nanjing have saliva, if you are thick-skinned, it is a big deal to leave a stench for 10,000 years, but if you are a little thin-skinned, you can only resign to the office.

Liu Jian saw a cold sweat in his head, and then sneered: "Bastard thing!" ”

Xie Qian is still silent today, this kind of thing has nothing to do with him, of course, it is better to continue to stay out of the matter. As for Li Dongyang reading the letter, he couldn't help but laugh, the most brilliant thing about this article is not the literary style, but the freshness and vigor in it, every word is hidden in the trap, every sentence has mysteries, coercion and temptation, all means are used, interesting, very interesting.

Li Dongyang couldn't help but smile quietly: "This person is a bastard, and he is still anxious." ”

Liu Jian looked back and said lightly: "Bin Zhi thinks I'm talking about Liu Chengfeng?" I'm talking about the eunuch Liu Cheng. This bastard thing ......"

Li Dongyang smiled and immediately understood. said in his heart, this Liu Cheng is also a bastard, this kind of thing is said with great fanfare, no wonder Liu Gong is so angry.

Li Dongyang said: "What does Liu Gong plan to do with Liu Chengfeng?" ”

Liu Jian was silent for a moment, put the letter away, and then slowly stroked the case: "If you want to deal with it, you should also deal with Liu Cheng, this person is so bold and reckless, he dares to use the cabinet signboard to swagger and deceive outside, smash the newspaper, and torture readers, such behavior is really outrageous." Immediately inform the Dongchang side, ask the eunuch Bingbi to come forward, and immediately take him down, and the Dongchang side must settle the matter, and release the arrested scholars and craftsmen, and the reparation for the sins should be attributed, and the reparation for the sins should be returned to Zhao...... "Liu Jian's face was very calm, as if he was nagging about homely things, and continued slowly: "As for Liu Chengfeng, he did a good job, if he hadn't written to inform him, the cabinet would have been in the dark, well, good, very good......"

Although he only said good words, he didn't say anything, and he didn't mean to take some benefits.

Li Dongyang sighed, thinking to himself, why bother when he knew today! Liu Gong was only afraid that he had not suffered the losses of others in his life, so he couldn't help but glance at Liu Jian and said, "That's it?" ”

Liu Jian smiled bitterly: "What else can I do now?" It's only strange that the old man doesn't know people, but he chose this kind of bastard thing to do things, it's just a blessing or a curse, what will become of this newspaper, the old man can no longer interfere, if one day it really harms my tomorrow, the old man can't do anything. ”

Li Dongyang said with a smile: "Fortune and misfortune depend on it, and misfortune and fortune depend on it, Liu Gong saw the disadvantages of the newspaper, but he didn't see the benefits. ”

Liu Jian quietly snorted coldly: "Compared with the party struggle, how big the benefit is? ”

Li Dongyang could only touch his nose and shake his head, Liu Jian said that this is the case, is it because he sees that the newspaper will cause a dispute between friends, and he is afraid that the Ming Dynasty will be the same as the old and new party disputes in the Northern Song Dynasty? Liu Jian's matter is not aimed at Liu Chengfeng, to put it mildly, a hundred households in brocade clothes and hundreds of households, it is really not the turn of the cabinet scholars to target, Liu Jian is just talking about things.

However, no one would have thought that the dignified scholar would be defeated in the hands of a small brocade guard hundreds, and the matter has come to this point, can Liu Jian still say no? Once this happens, the Cabinet's support for the smashing of the newspaper hall in Dongchang will immediately spread all over the world, and at that time, the situation will only become more and more out of control.

Dongchang is afraid of the prince, the prince is afraid of the cabinet, but the cabinet is afraid of speech, the so-called three people become tigers, once it reaches the point of boiling, that is, when the cabinet ends gloomily, such a phenomenon is not once or twice in the Ming Dynasty, there have been many cabinet bachelors planted on the top of the Qing Dynasty, Liu Jian had to be afraid, and had to make concessions.

Liu Jian asked someone to push open the window, outside the window is the crimson palace wall, the sun is scorching, a ray of noon sunlight spilled in through the window, and suddenly drowned the candlelight in the pavilion, Liu Jian stroked his beard, sighed and said: "The matter of the newspaper is not impossible to control, since it cannot be stifled, it can only be controlled, Binzhi, are you willing to play a book with me, just say that I want to open up the way of speech, the new newspaper is a good phenomenon, but there is no absolute in the world, everything has advantages and disadvantages, in order to avoid disasters, Please ask the emperor to set up a newspaper department under the Ministry of Rites, set up a director, and five officials, so as to supervise the speech of the newspaper, so that this newspaper can be used by the court and will not be troubled. ”

Li Dongyang smiled and said: "This is a good way, not only does not prohibit gossip, but also can be guarded against, this book will be my share." In fact, Li Dongyang was a little disappreciative in his heart, not that this idea was bad, it was really difficult to implement. To supervise the Di Bao, only let Jinyiwei and Dongchang be effective, let the imperial court order officials to manage, you must know that all officials, especially the officials in the capital, are most afraid of the Qing Discussion, a five-grade principal, can you manage the Qing Discussion like a wolf and a tiger? It's like letting a mouse supervise a cat, which is completely empty talk.

Liu Jianshen glanced at Li Dongyang and said, "Is Bin Zhi thinking, the old man is doing this in vain, and the effort is thankless?" ”

was told by Liu Jian, Li Dongyang couldn't help laughing: "Liu Gong said that he was laughing." ”

Liu Jian sighed and said, "Right now, I can only be a dead horse and a live horse doctor, is there any other way?" ”