Cai Guoxi's eyes really lit up when he first saw "Gusu Times", but he didn't expect the Weng family to think of such a method. Although it seems that there is a wisdom in revealing the post, a lot of unrelated news can be put together, which can somewhat hide the true purpose of the "unveiling post". Moreover, the position of "Gusu Times" is very clear, anti-loose and anti-Xu. This is "politically correct" for the current trend of the imperial court and his selfishness.

As an official in the Ming Dynasty, there are two ends that are the most concerned about public opinion. One is the most basic magistrate. Fuzhou and county officials are "pro-people officials" in officialdom jargon, and they govern one side on behalf of His Majesty the Emperor. These officials have not only administrative tasks, but also religious tasks, such as sacrificing official ceremonies stipulated by the state regulations, and asking for rain and sunshine in case of disasters. The evaluation of these officials also has a great deal to do with public opinion, and even when they leave office, if they offend the local people too much and can't get umbrella boots, they will become a joke in officialdom.

If they really made great achievements, the local gentry would also put their offerings into the famous eunuch shrine, even if they could not leave their names in the history of the country, at least they could not escape from leaving their names in the chronicles. The gentleman is sick and unworthy of his name, which is the result that all scholars pursue, so the pro-people official attaches the most importance to the official voice and public opinion.

And then there's the Kasuke. Daming Gefu said that he was the emperor's secretary, but under the active seizure of power by civil officials, the power of the cabinet now even exceeds that of the prime ministers of the Tang and Song dynasties. Confucianism pays attention to the cultivation of Qi and peace, prudence and prudence, and the ability to govern the country and level the world can be seen from its own cultivation. If the family does not abide by the law, in the fish and meat township, this at least proves that the "Qi family" has not done a good job. If a room cannot be rectified, how can a country be governed?

When Hai Rui whipped Hu Zongxian's son, he also said very strategically: "This prodigal son oppresses the good, and dares to pretend to be the son of the governor." I think of His Excellency the Governor's cultivation. How could there be such a son who did not understand etiquette? It must be fake! After Hu Zongxian saw it, he could only knock out his teeth and swallow it in his stomach.

If the official gets evidence that the family of the Minister of Cabinet and Auxiliary is rampant in the township, he will definitely be impeached. Once impeached, Katsuke had to think about it behind closed doors and reflect on it, and at the same time resign and beg to go, expressing shame. Even if the emperor did not agree. It's also a shame-wrenching thing.

Officials in the middle are less sensitive to public opinion.

And the newspapers and periodicals run by local squires such as "Gusu Times" are nothing more than aimed at the height of temples and the wilderness of rivers and lakes, and they are a strange army.

"In the life of three generations, the Son of Heaven made the officials collect the style and have "Poems". Isn't this newspaper the latter? Cai Guoxi was very satisfied with the newspaper sent by Weng Hongnong, and said: "And the brother of the world started from Shixing, which does have the effect of knocking on the mountain and shaking the tiger." According to a certain opinion, it is possible to print some more and send them to Beijing. My Wu County is the tax field of the world. It is also very good to let the clear streams of the DPRK and China know about some of the people's sufferings. "He is not the prefect of Suzhou now, and he naturally doesn't care about the people's suffering. If he is still in the position of prefect, the people have "suffering", which is an obstacle to his career.

Weng Hongnong was in a good mood, and he didn't feel that the money was spent unjustly, and he was even more obedient to Cao Guangjiu, and threw a lot of money down. It's just that his skills are too shallow, and he is defenseless in his words. Soon let Cao Guangjiu find out Cai Guoxi's attitude towards the "Gusu Times".

Cao Guangjiu is a bootbreaker who takes over the lawsuit, if he can catch the boat of Cai Guoxi and Cai Bingxian. Being a friend is enough to climb to the pinnacle of life. He regarded the "Gusu Times" as his ladder to advancement, and he was more bold in choosing articles, and he also dared to fall into his own name, pretending to be a talented person who could guide the country.

On this day, Cao Guang returned home sitting on his shoulders for a long time. As soon as he unbuttoned his shirt to dissipate the heat, he heard a report from his subordinates: "There is a distinguished guest who wants to see the master." ”

Cao Guangjiu asked again what the distinguished guest was, and the next person only handed over a post. He opened it and saw that it was Ran Susong's post preparing Cai Guoxi. This really frightened him, and he hurriedly ordered someone to change his clothes. I brushed up again, wiped my hair with oil, and did it meticulously before I went to the flower hall to see the person who came.

Naturally, the person who came would not be Cai Guoxi himself, just a house slave.

Cao Guangjiu didn't dare to slack off, stepped forward to salute, and said, "I don't know if you're driving, it's really sluggish." Forgiveness of sins and forgiveness of sins. ”

The slave ate the Cao family's pastries, but he didn't feel anything, and said casually: "You don't have to be polite, sit." "It's like he's the master here.

Cao Guangjiu was unhappy in his heart, but he suspected that this person was a manager, it was because of the lack of success and more than failure, and he wanted to cling to Cai Guoxi and be a friend of the scene, it was not enough to show his name in the newspaper, after all, he also needed a person who threaded the needle. He carefully hid the displeasure in his heart, and smiled: "I don't know what Master Bingxian commands?" ”

The man who came ate a piece of bean paste cake, patted the powder on his hand, gave the pastry with tea, and said: "My master said: This Cao Guangjiu's article is well written, but it's a pity that the boots are itchy and always not refreshing enough." ”

Cao Guangjiu was stunned for a long time and said, "I don't know which articles Master Bingxian read?" ”

"Those of the scholars." The slave of the Cai family rolled his eyes: "It's the scholar who is in business, it's really corrupt." ”

Cao Guangjiu said secretly: It seems that only by bluntly saying Xu Jie, can he be regarded as having surrendered his name!

"The student understood." Cao Guangjiu hurriedly bowed down and said: "In the next few days, I will definitely make a needle-to-bone article, and I will also ask the old man Bingxian for advice." ”

The slave stood up satisfied: "The words are here, and I should go." ”

Cao Guangjiu hurriedly sent the Cai family's slave out, and stuffed another copper coin: "Eat tea, eat tea." ”

The slave took the copper coin, but his eyes were still on his head, and he coughed dryly.

Cao Guangjiu suddenly realized, and hurriedly returned the post to the slave: "How dare the student leave the post of the old man Bingxian." ”

The slave of the Cai family walked out of the door with square steps, sat on a shoulder and left. Although he is a slave, he is more imposing than ordinary masters.

Cao Guangjiu hunched his back and watched the shoulder frame turn the corner, before he slowly straightened his waist, thinking about how to bite the Xu family. He went back to the study, found all the manuscripts related to these days, lined them up on the table, and read them all over again. This doesn't matter, and I was shocked when I saw it.

From the very beginning of the gentry in business, the subject of the gentry became bigger and bigger. The original initiative of emphasizing the importance of the gentry gradually turned into a degenerate business. Cao Guangjiu did not agree with this argument. But it cannot be denied that this is not true. At least in Suzhou, there are many enlightened business gentry, but there are more conservative gentry. Moreover, these words are just a few sentences in an editorial, and there are some emotional venting elements, but it is not a big problem.

However, this discovery still made Cao Guangjiu feel a little weak, and forced himself to shift his attention to the topic of "how to bite the Xu family".

Just when Cao Guangjiu himself didn't have a clear draft. New drafts have already been submitted. The author of the manuscript is called "the shadow of the waning moon under the clouds in the sky", according to Menzi, he is a broken and poor sour, every time he submits a manuscript, he is impatient to ask for the manuscript fee to get out of the pot, and he covers his face with a hat.

Cao Guangjiu had no interest in this kind of down-and-out scholar at all, but seeing that his writing was indeed beautiful and the allusions were very appropriate, he instructed his subordinates to come again. So he gave him a hundred and ten texts quickly. As for the signature of the article, it was naturally changed to Cao Guangjiu's own name.

This time, the article sent by the waning moon shadow under the clouds in the sky is exactly what Cao Guangjiu wants: it lists the examples of the Xu family in Songjiang selling their land and transferring all of them to the end of the business, on the one hand, it connects with the previous argument, insisting that this is a manifestation of the corruption of the morale and the pursuit of profit, and on the other hand, it is predicted that the Xu family will lose all their money and be completely ruined.

Cao Guangjiu read it carefully. I feel that this is also a private discussion of the people, and it is not slander and slander. still changed a few words - changed "the shadow of the waning moon under the clouds in the sky" to "Cao Guangjiu", and delivered it to the study for engraving.

As soon as this article came out, not to mention Suzhou, the entire Jiangnan was boiling.

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"Emperor Taizu Gao can't help the military and the people to discuss politics, but can he allow Diao Min to slander the meritorious hero Yuanfu!" Lin Xuan slapped the "Gusu Times" in his hand on the table, even if he was angry, he was still elegant. He is also Xu Jie's protégé who values him very much. It's just that he is too elegant, so he can't replace Zhang Juzheng and inherit Xu Jie's political legacy after all. Now he is in the official position of the Nanjing Ministry of Officials, and his influence on the government is very weak, but he is in Jiangnan Shilin. His prestige is extremely high.

Just because his grandfather served as the kokuko priest, his father also served as the kokuko juke, and he himself served as the kokuko jukes...... But any scholar who has studied in Guozijian can basically be regarded as a student of his Lin family. The graduates of Guozijian, except for a small number of Jinshi, have another teacher; Most of those who did not make it to the Jin Shi were local gentry.

In addition to being an instructor, Lin Xian also presided over the general examination and the Shuntianfu township examination. As the chief examiner, his words, deeds, and articles are topics that scholars must pay attention to. What's more, although he is now in Nanjing, he is a person who is qualified to enter the cabinet, and I don't know how many people who burn cold stoves lurk around him.

Lin Zhenheng's anger soon spread out, and it had a great influence among the scholars who rushed to Nanjing to take the exam.

"Gusu Times is really dead, and it dares to slander Xu Gelao!" A group of Songjiang scholars had hideous faces, if it weren't for the large number of scholars in Suzhou, I am afraid they would have to roll up their sleeves.

Their acceptance of the benefits to Xu Jie, is not an empty word, nor is it a small favor for a few meals and a few clothes. In order to compile the "Collection of Ancient Trainings", Xu Jie invited so many erudite masters and scholars to Songjiang, served them with good food and drink, and also let them give lectures at the academy, which directly improved the academic level of the talents and saved them the time and money cost of studying. The imperial examination is the biggest cause in the world, and Xu Ge Lao has paved the way for them to take the imperial examination, can you not be grateful to Dade?

Even among the Gusu scholars, such a naked article is unpleasant. Su Song is one, many of them have industries in Songjiang, and they have also gone to Songjiang to study, and they do not exclude Songjiang people in essence. Even if you are jealous in the courtyard and make some crooked poems to ridicule the Songjiang Red Guy, but that is all a matter between scholars, what qualifications does a bootbreaker party who takes over the lawsuit have to get involved? Still unashamedly mocking the elder of the Shi Ge? This is trampling on the decency of all readers!

Xu Yuanchun is among the scholars in Songjiang. Although he has a Jinyi Wei membership, he can go to Shuntianfu to take the exam - there is much less competition there. However, since last year, he has studied with Zhang Yuanxi, and he has benefited a lot, and he doesn't want to take advantage of that loophole, but wants to stay in Nanzhi and compete with a group of Jiangnan talents.

After reading the article of "Gusu Times", Xu Yuanchun naturally knew that his family was standing on the cusp. His grandfather's political enemies in the court always wanted to make the Xu family a soap family, and Cai Guoxi of Suzhou was called his father's protégé, but he was a real traitor. That is, because of the protection of officials such as Hai Rui, Zhen Zhenji, and Zheng Yue from top to bottom, the Xu family has not had major twists and turns, and now they can't pass from the official plane, so they have to use this kind of dirty means!

- Hey, this newspaper made by Jing Lian is really a sharp blade!

Xu Yuanchun couldn't help but sigh secretly.

"If I were in Suzhou, I would definitely make the Gusu Times look good!" Kang Pengzu said hatefully. The more he read, the less confident he became, on the one hand, he came back to Nanjing to cheer Xu Yuanchun up, and on the other hand, he also came to play and relax. Who knew it would happen.

"Let's not talk about anything else, I will repair a letter for Jing Lian to know. I'll talk about the rest until I go to Qiuqiu High School. Xu Yuanchun tried to calm the anger in his heart, and he had to be as calm as water before the exam. If this kind of thing causes the performance to be abnormal, it will be a big loss - you will have to go back to study hard for another three years.

"They have "Gusu Times", and we also have "Quyuan Miscellaneous Tan"! Why hasn't there been any movement? Kang Pengzu was puzzled: "Could it be that because Jing Lian went to Jingshi, the people below are all slacking off!" ”

"When Jinglian comes back, there will be a saying." Xu Yuanchun said, staring slightly, and silently reciting "The Mean" in his heart to concentrate and meditate.

Kang Pengzu didn't dare to disturb Xu Yuanchun, and he also felt that he was a little too Meng Lang. The most important thing for Xu Yuanchun at the moment is Qiu Yu, and it is better not to distract him from other things. After saying goodbye from Xu Yuanchun's side, he had just arrived at the door and was about to go to the shoulder, but he saw a group of Songjiang classmates who came with him.

"You ......" Kang Pengzu couldn't help but wonder when he saw that their faces were happy.

"Great news!" Songjiang classmates said: "The Gusu Times has been banned by the ministry and the academy for talking about politics in vain!" Hai Gangfeng has already signed the sea capture paperwork, and he is wanted to arrest Cao Guangjiu, the editor-in-chief of this newspaper - the broken boot party who should have suffered from the plague should have been arrested now! ”

Kang Pengzu was pleasantly surprised, but couldn't help but wonder: "Not really." Why is Hai Gangfeng so informed and interested this time? He turned to look surprised: "Not good! It's a trick! Hai Gangfeng caught Cao Guangjiu and fell into the mouth of people with ulterior motives, isn't it the mouth of the people? Wouldn't it be said that Xu Ge Lao secretly communicated with the minister of the frontier? (To be continued.) )