Chapter 71: The Fall of the Illegal Publishing Syndicate

When the Donglin Party published the first issue of "The Wind of Donglin", it was in a hurry and nervous, but now Dongchang did not come to find trouble, and could not help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the second issue was much calmer, not only increased the prints, but also adopted two-color overprinting, and the newspaper was staggered with red and black, which was very good-looking. According to the engraving workers, if they were given a little more time, they would be able to apply the multi-color overprinting technique to the newspaper, and the reproduced newspaper would be as beautiful as the "Di Bao" supplement printed by the General Administration Division.

Donglin Party people at all levels cheered "The Wind of Donglin" and thought it was a rare victory. However, except for the Donglin Party, the others were not interested, because the articles in the newspaper were too pedantic, and there were two or three allusions in one sentence, without a single level, and they really couldn't understand it.

The Donglin Party people were really a little carried away, and the scale of the article became larger and larger, and later they even compiled the Donglin Party's remarks on the government and politics into an article and listed it in "Donglin Wind". They forget that it is difficult to erase the black and white letters, and when they usually speak, they can immediately correct their mistakes and deny them, but when they are printed in newspapers, there is no way to deny them.

"The Wind of Donglin" did not sell much, and it was difficult to understand, so it was published, and there was nothing to do, but the Donglin Party was sent around, and Gu Bingqian, the left waiter of the Ministry of Rites, also got a copy. He likes to read books when he goes to the toilet, and he is in a hurry that day, so he casually pulls out a stack of newspapers from the bookcase, thinking that it is "Di Bao" supplement, who knows that it is "The Wind of Donglin", he is unhappy, and wants to change the newspaper, but he has already taken off his pants, so he has to read it patiently.

I didn't expect to look at it, and I saw the article written by Huang Zunsu, which directly stated the mistakes of Emperor Tianqi, not only that, but even himself, who had nothing to do with the Donglin Party, was scolded by Huang Zunsu, and he was so angry that he tore the newspaper to shreds and threw it into the commode several times. By the time I remembered that the newspaper could make a big fuss and help me go further in my career, the newspaper had been tarnished by feces and could no longer be used.

Gu Bingqian later found the Donglin Party and asked for a copy of the "Donglin Wind" of the day, and used this newspaper to overthrow several Donglin veterans, and made immortal contributions to the eunuch party, successfully replacing Sheng Yihong, who was due to old age and physical decline, and became the new secretary of the Ministry of Rites.

The Donglin Party secretly hated, gave Gu Bingqian a nickname of a clean bucket of Shangshu, and made it up in the history books, saying that in order to seek an official position, Gu Bingqian took his son to visit Wei Zhongxian despite his seventy years of age, and said: "I want to recognize you as a father, but I am afraid that you will think that I am too old and unwilling, so I simply let my son be your grandson!" ”

In fact, if you think about it carefully, you will know that this story can't stand scrutiny, Gu Bingqian is the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and the secretary of the Ministry of Rites is also known as the prime minister, and he can generally enter the cabinet and become an auxiliary or a second assistant, so why bother to be flattering. Gu Bingqian died during the Chongzhen period and was not listed as a eunuch, which can also see the falsehood of this story.

In the second year of Chongzhen, the Donglin Party instigated the people of Kunshan to rush into Gu Bingqian's house, loot the property, and set it on fire, leaving the eighty-year-old man with no fixed place to live and wandering outside.

("History of the Ming Dynasty" records that Gu Bingqian was involved in the eunuch case in the early years of Chongzhen, was exiled for three years, spent money to atone for his crimes and became a commoner, and later lived in a foreign country and died in another country.) This contradicts the Donglin Party's ransacking of Gu Bingqian's home, since he lives in a foreign country, why was Gu Bingqian in Kunshan when Gu Bingqian's house was burned. Therefore, it can be speculated that during the Chongzhen Dynasty, Gu Bingqian was not included in the eunuch party at all. )

This is a matter of no further aside. Besides, Gu Bingqian was overjoyed to get this "The Wind of Donglin", and wrote a long article, together with evidence, and handed it to the Emperor of the Apocalypse at the next day. He knew that the Emperor of the Apocalypse had limited knowledge, and he might not necessarily understand Huang Zunsu's ancient text, so he deliberately used a red pen to translate it into the vernacular sentence by sentence.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse was furious when he saw the song, although he said that he liked carpentry, but he was also hard working, holding daily court meetings, dealing with court politics, and just doing carpentry after scattering the dynasty. And when he was doing carpentry, he also asked Wei Zhongxian to read the chapter to himself, which can be regarded as working while entertaining, why did it become a rebellious and absurd behavior in Huang Zunsu's eyes, did you never have entertainment after you dispersed?

The Emperor of the Apocalypse turned pale, and he didn't say anything about scattering the dynasty, but went directly back to the palace.

After a while, Wei Zhongxian quickly informed Zhu Cheng and Zhu You to enter the palace.

Along the way, Zhu Cheng also wondered why the Emperor of the Apocalypse was not close to people this time, and he didn't even give him a little time to prepare, so he urged himself to enter the palace?

Walking into the emperor's bedroom, the Emperor of the Apocalypse was lying in front of the bookcase, his back twitching, and Empress Zhang was comforting him with warm words.

Hearing Zhu Cheng come in, the Emperor of the Apocalypse raised his head and glanced at him.

Zhu Cheng was shocked, what was wrong with the Emperor of the Apocalypse, his face was full of tears, he was the emperor above ten thousand people, what kind of problem did he encounter, he was so out of shape.

Zhu Youzhen saw that his brother was sad, rushed forward, hugged his brother and asked long and short questions.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse choked up and said, "Cheng, Brother Cheng, do you say that I am a faint monarch?" ”

"Whoever said it, everyone knows that you are a good emperor of the children of the Ming Dynasty, a good brother of Zhu Cheng and A Jian, a good husband of Empress Zhang Yan, and a good emperor who can both work and rest."

"Look at this ......" Emperor Tianqi handed "The Wind of Donglin" to Zhu Cheng.

Zhu Cheng glanced at Wei Zhongxian, and said in his heart, didn't you let you watch coldly first, and wait for the Donglin Party to jump a little more arrogantly before making a move? Why are you so breathless. Wei Zhongxian shook his head knowingly, meaning that he didn't do it himself.

Zhu Cheng was confused, it wasn't you, who else would have so many things to do to give "The Wind of Donglin" to the Emperor of the Apocalypse?

Zhu Cheng is a literary solution yuan, with a deep ancient literary background, Huang Zunsu's article is written hard, but he reads it very smoothly, it is nothing more than the evaluation of the Emperor of the Apocalypse in the history of the Ming Dynasty, he is already familiar with it.

The Emperor of the Apocalypse looked at Zhu Cheng and asked, "Brother Cheng, what do you think?" ”

Zhu Cheng laughed loudly, Empress Zhang and Wei Zhongxian both looked sideways, this Brother Cheng is not crazy, the emperor is already like this, you still have the heart to laugh.

Zhu Cheng wiped away the tears of laughter with his hand and said, "Your Majesty, it's just an illegal publication. A few absurd remarks in it will make you sad like this, and it will make the world laugh when it is spread. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse wondered: "Illegal publications? ”

"Your Majesty, there is only one copy of the "Di Bao" in the Ming Dynasty, which was compiled by the General Administration Department and the six departments of the Ministry of Affairs, and was not authorized to be copied or adapted by any department, group, or individual. Look at this "Donglin Wind", this page publishes the news of the Ministry of Rites Shangshu Sheng to promote Zhishi, what is it if it is not "Di Bao"? These people privately engraved the "Di Bao" and caused chaos to the court, and they should be severely cracked down, and they should not be allowed to poison the world. Such an illegal publication, with a few articles on it, is purely normal. The emperor was sad and wept over this foul language, which can only show that the emperor has a pure nature and fails to understand the psychology of a small group of people who vainly try to invite fame and buy straight with fierce words. ”

When the Emperor of the Apocalypse heard this, he put away his tears, and turned them over, saying: "Sure enough, it is a private engraving and adaptation of "Di Bao", this kind of crime, if it is not severely cracked down, it is not enough to deter the world. Wei Banban, the editor-in-chief of "The Wind of Donglin" and Huang Zunsu, were arrested together to set an example! ”

Wei Zhongxian knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, if this matter is handed over to Dongchang to deal with, it will inevitably leave the emperor with the notoriety of favoring eunuchs and suppressing speech. Anyway, their crimes are obvious, so it is better to hand them over to Dali Temple to deal with them, which is more righteous and bright. ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse thought about it carefully, and felt that Wei Zhongxian was really reasonable, so he smiled and said: "Wei Zhongxian, I always thought that you were only loyal to you, but I didn't expect you to be very strategic. ”

Wei Zhongxian smiled and said, "It's all because the emperor is well led, and the old slave can make progress thousands of miles and miles." ”

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At the meeting of the Heavenly Dynasty, the Donglin Party finally saw what the wrath of the Son of Heaven was.

Ye Xianggao took a closer look at the trouble-making issue of "The Wind of Donglin" yesterday, and saw Huang Zunsu's article, his heart was not good, he talked about the world, he could still quibble, in black and white, how to get rid of the crime. He had already come up with a set of statements to see if he could keep Huang Zunsu, but unexpectedly, the Emperor of the Apocalypse did not mention Huang Zunsu's article at all, and directly characterized "The Wind of Donglin" as an adaptation and private engraving of "Di Bao".

Ye Xianggao was struck by lightning and said, "Your Majesty, how can this be a private engraving of the "Di Bao"? This is obviously a new newspaper, just like the popular "Di Bao" in the capital ......

Before Ye Xianggao finished speaking, he remembered the name of the "Di Bao" Supplement. "Di Bao" Supplement is an additional page of "Di Bao", and publishing the news of the court meeting is its own job, while "Donglin Fengsheng" has nothing to do with "Di Bao", and publishing the personnel changes of the imperial court is not a private engraving of "Di Bao", what is it? The Donglin Party has always laughed at the ugly name of the "Di Bao" Supplement, and they can't imagine the reason here.

The scholar Han Yiqi said: "Your Majesty, these people are first-time offenders, please forgive them once." ”

The Emperor of the Apocalypse said angrily: "These officials all rely on the "Da Ming Law" to eat, what can be done and what cannot be done, their hearts are like mirrors, don't they know that it is illegal to privately engrave the "Di Bao"? Where is Dali Temple? ”

Zhang Wudian came out of class and responded: "The minister is here." ”

"I want you to arrest Zuo Guangdou, the editor-in-chief of "The Voice of Donglin", Yang Lian, the deputy editor-in-chief, Wei Dazhong, the editor-in-chief of the current affairs edition, Gu Dazhang, the editor-in-chief of the commentary section, Yuan Huazhong, the editor-in-chief of the social edition, Zhou Chaorui, the editor-in-chief of the literary and artistic edition, and Huang Zunsu, who deceived the monarch and slandered the king, and tried them together with the Criminal Department and the Metropolitan Procuratorate to tell the world about their crimes."

The Donglin Party still wanted to intercede, but the Emperor of the Apocalypse flicked the sleeves of his robe and retreated to the apse. Wei Zhongxian shouted: "Retreat!" ”

This is the end of this court meeting, which is deeply engraved in the memory of the Donglin Party.

With a holy decree of the Emperor of the Apocalypse, this illegal publishing group drummed up by the Donglin Party was wiped out before it could grow stronger.

This incident not only made the Donglin Party lose face, but the imprisonment and exile of several stalwarts greatly damaged the vitality of the Donglin Party, and the eunuch party finally grew stronger, stabilized the political situation in the late Ming Dynasty, and paved the way for the rise of the imperial party. Decades later, the Ming dynasty returned to the right track, and the eunuch party contributed a lot.

(In the previous chapter, ask for tickets and collect.) The comments about Gu Bingqian here are the words of Fang Yang's family, don't delve into it. However, the "History of the Ming Dynasty" was indeed changed beyond recognition by the Mites Qing and the Donglin Party, and there are two most untrustworthy history books in the "Twenty-four History", one is the "History of the Ming Dynasty" and the other is the "Qing History Manuscript". )

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