Chapter 613: White Horses Are Not Horses

Zuodu Yushi Jiang Zongxian knew that Yuan Ge Lao was embarrassed, so he took the initiative to stand up and attract everyone's attention, and said to the Son of Heaven: "The three witnesses have all been stated, so please ask for a holy judgment." The minister thought that he should take the stone sacrifice wine and Li Yanxian's words. ”

Seeing the minister's harmony, Jing and the Son of Heaven were pleased, and then ordered: "What you say is very good!" The Ministry of Officials knows that there is no need to let go of Youhe, and it is still the same thing. ”

Zhao Tianguan thought about it, although the result this time fulfilled Yuan Ge's wish, he did not lose face, and there was no loss, but Li You took the initiative to let people go, so he stepped forward to accept the order.

A few families were happy and a few were sad, and everyone sighed that this Lord You was indeed a narrow escape from death this time, and he was almost pulled back by someone standing on the edge of the cliff. He even met Li Youfa's kindness, which was really good luck.

However, the face of Master Sun, the vice president of the Fujian Provincial Supervision Imperial History and the Newspaper, was a little gloomy. originally thought that he would make a stumbling block, and then wait for Li You to make a move, it would be enough to create the "truth" that the Son of Heaven had to adopt.

In that way, You Shaoqing can roll up and get out, and he will become the first vice president, as long as he doesn't make big mistakes in the future, he can almost turn into a regular official. Who would have thought that Li You, a villain who had no position, would suddenly save You He again!

At this time, all the matters of this court meeting have been concluded and are preparing to end. Suddenly, another thirty-seven-eight-year-old official came out of the ranks, and said loudly to the Son of Heaven: "The minister has a book!" ”

Everyone looked at it and recognized that this was Tang Wende, who was in charge of the six branches of the inner court, and he was also very qualified in the department. The Son of Heaven secretly yawned, and had to say, "Speak!" ”

Li You's heart tightened, he had heard that the book of impeachment of himself was from Tang Zhangke, but this time it seemed that it was not good.

Sure enough, I heard Tang Zhangke say to the Son of Heaven: "The minister impeached the imperial envoy of the right side of the school, and Li You, the governor of the country, abused his power and openly did business!" ”

The ministers in the hall who had begun to slack off again raised their spirits again, Lord Li really deserved to be a natural protagonist, and it was rare to appear at the Wenhua Palace court meeting, and he could focus all kinds of attention on himself intentionally or unintentionally. This time it should be Li You's time, or the excitement should not be missed!

Although Tang Zhangke uses the word "business". But everyone knows that it actually refers to Li You's newspaper office.

To tell the truth, then Li You acted so blatantly, investing money to open a newspaper office, how many people in the Manchu Dynasty didn't know? But they also know that Li You is not a fool, on the contrary, he is still an extremely shrewd character, and he dares to swagger. It's not a ghost. The inside story is inevitably not simple!

Therefore, most of the Manchu Dynasty pretended to be confused with an attitude of waiting and seeing, and Mingzhe was the first to protect himself, after all, Li You's newspaper made a few bigwigs vigilant. Didn't actually provoke anyone. There are only one or two pieces of impeachment of Li You in Japan.

What interests everyone is that today, in front of the Son of Heaven and Li You, this Tang Zhangke broke this matter. Then Li You will definitely react, maybe he will have to contribute some insider information to everyone. As for the fate of Tang Zhangke himself, that will be a matter for the future.

The soy sauce party has said that they want to watch the show, and those who have thoughts think about it, Tang Zhangke's move can be regarded as taking the lead, and it is worth thinking about how to use it.

People with deeper thoughts began to analyze, is this an isolated incident, or is it an incident with a background and roots? Will Tang Zhangke be impeached independently, or will he cooperate with others? Let's focus on the confrontation between the two sides first. There's bound to be a lot of information to be revealed.

Li You's mind turned around a few times, and he found that he didn't know much about Tang Zhangke, and he couldn't figure out his heels and ins and outs.

When everyone had their own thoughts, Tang Zhangke continued: "As an official, Li You bought a house in the east of the city, recruited craftsmen, and collected utensils, which is clearly an illegal business!"

Furthermore. As the overseer of the country, he did not think of serving the king's favor diligently, but focused on private affairs and abolished the public because of private affairs, and used his power to recruit prisoners for his own personal interests, which was clearly an abuse of power! ”

Tang Zhangke said in detail. One by one, if all of them are true. It is not at all unjust to accuse Li Youan of "officials doing business and abusing power". It is estimated that Master Tang will not speak flatteringly on such an occasion, and he must be sure.

To be honest, many people want to ask Li You like this, because it involves the legitimacy of his work, and it is the most fundamental issue for him to run a newspaper. However, Li You is very indifferent in this regard, very legally blind, which makes people look inexplicably worried, it is said that Li You, who can read the laws of the Ming Dynasty, should not be legally blind.

Under the direct gaze of countless eyes, Li You took a step forward and said to Jing and the Son of Heaven: "Your Majesty, the minister has something to say!" ”

After getting the permission of the Son of Heaven, Li You turned to Tang Zhangke and smiled: "Tang Shizhi is inevitably exaggerated and alarmist!" ”

Tang Zhangke was unmoved, and said indifferently: "This official's sentence is true, where is it exaggerated?" ”

"It's just looking for a place to print a newspaper, how can it be considered a business? Therefore, it is an exaggeration to say that Tang Shi's legacy is hearsay. ”

Tang Zhangke retorted without showing weakness: "This is a quibble! Although printing newspapers is an unprecedented novelty, you cannot deny it, you must know that there are similar things in the world, and you can compare them with each other!

In the official's view, printing a newspaper is regarded as printing a book, issuing a newspaper can be regarded as publication, and a newspaper shop can be regarded as a bookstore. Therefore, if you print newspapers, you should naturally be considered in business! ”

Li You asked very naively: "Printing books is also considered business?" ”

"The bookshop printer engraves the book plate, prints it and sells it to booksellers all over the world, although it is a book, but in this industry it is goods, and it is bought and sold in silver, so how can printing and selling books not be considered business? In contrast, the printed newspaper sells similarly! Tang Zhangke said firmly.

After listening to Tang Zhangke's words, everyone thought that this was indeed the case, as long as it involved the sale of money, it was business, and no matter how good Master Li was, he couldn't deny this truth.

But he saw Li You staring at Tang Zhangke, hehe smiled, and only when everyone was impatient did he open his mouth to retort: "Who said I sell newspapers?" The newspapers printed in my newspaper office are not sold for a penny, and they are all given away for free! May I ask Tang Shizhi, is this considered a business? ”

Li You's advanced concept made everyone in the hall really surprised. The newspaper that you worked so hard to print doesn't sell a penny? Even if you have money for blood transfusions, you can't stick to it all year round, right? Could it be that Li Youzhen would really pay out of his own pocket so much in order to compete for the position of public opinion?

For a while, the courtiers in the palace began to discuss each other, and Tang Zhangke was quite obviously stunned, he was confused - if he sold newspapers, it must be regarded as business, and selling newspapers must also be business. But if it's really like what Li You said, you don't need money, it's all given away for free, is it still a business?

Not only Tang Zhangke, many people are thinking about this question, if you don't want money, is it still a commodity? If there is no currency involved in the transaction, is it still considered business?

Li You didn't speak for a while, giving everyone a little time to think, and then slowly spoke: "Ask Tang Zhangke, if a certain township clan repairs a genealogy, and someone donates silver taels, pays the engraving fee, ink fee, and paper fee, and then cultivates a number of genealogy copies, is this to be passed on as a virtue?" ”

In these years, donating money to repair the family tree is, of course, a great virtue, there is no doubt about it. Li You didn't have to wait for an answer at all, and asked again: "So is this considered a business?" ”

Without waiting for an answer, Li You raised a new question, "If a scholar obtains an ancient book that has not been passed down to the world, he will pay for the engraving and printing of the book at his own expense, and then donate it to the government or the library for preservation, so as to collect and educate people's hearts." Tang Shizhi said that this is not merit? Is it considered a business? ”

Immediately, Li You asked a third question, "If a writer in the world writes a proud work, copies a few copies and then passes it on to everyone, is this considered business?" ”

Li You gave these examples, and gradually put everyone's ideas into the track he expected.

Tang Zhangke was speechless for a long time, and said with a bit of an unbalanced mentality: "Sophistry! It's just the sophistry of famous white horses and non-horses! ”

Before, he thought that he had taken all the truth, at least to let Li You take care of one thing and lose the other, but who knew that this Li You said a free gift lightly, and his reason was blocked. If you go on like that, it's like a joke.

Sophistry or not sophistry is not up to you... Li You put aside Tang Zhangke, and said to the Son of Heaven: "The ministers pay for the house, craftsmen, pen and ink, paper, miscellaneous errands, etc., and after the printing is completed, they are willing to take not a penny, and give all the gifts to the yamen and the people, which does not involve the purchase and sale of newspapers, please Your Majesty to be clear!" ”

Jinghe Tianzi heard Li You list a list of expenses, but there was no "movable type", and secretly slandered a few words, do you think I don't know that the imperial sister lent out the copper movable type of the factory and transferred it to you for use?

However, you have to pretend to be confused, and the Son of Heaven ruled: "This matter is currently unclear, so let's look at the after-effects first, and there is no need to be guilty of this. If it can edify people's hearts, it should be a good deed! ”

Tang Zhangke was helpless, it was really a bamboo basket to draw water, and he impeached Li You, which should have been a very serious matter, but it became a joke.

In fact, this process made the audience a little disappointed, because it was too understated. I don't know if the reason is that Li You's level is too high, or if Tang Zhangke's combat effectiveness is too poor.

It should have been Li You who encountered a big problem, and then tried his best to defeat the enemy was the serious plot. However, it was surprisingly easy, Li You easily defeated Tang Zhangke's provocation, and Tang Zhangke easily lost the face-to-face battle with Li You.

It doesn't matter if it's easy, but as a result, neither side is exposed under the flash, and the people watching the play have nothing to gain. It is not clear what the underlying factors of Tang Zhangke's impeachment of Li You are, nor do they see what the simple inside story of Li You's newspaper is.

At this time, some people still wonder whether it is time to impeach Li You for his ill-intentioned intentions and vain attempts to manipulate public opinion? But I finally held back. Now that the newspaper has not written a word, such an impeachment is air-to-air, and it will not be of any use, and the Son of Heaven has said that he will observe the effect first and then discuss it.

However, Li You's sophistry seems to have opened a window in the hearts of many people, especially those ministers from wealthy families - it turns out that printing newspapers for free is not called doing business, so can it also be financed to run one?

If you have money, you will print more, if you don't have money, you will print less, and it is not bad to send it out for free to make a name for yourself.

There are also poorer ministers who think that although they can't afford to run a newspaper, they can find people in the same way to co-run it...