The tragedy of Jinan Mansion naturally shook the entire government and the opposition, all the officials of the Ming Dynasty were shocked, and the impeachment of Yue Yang flew to the palace like snowflakes, and Chongzhen's imperial study received the impeachment of Yue Yang every day with a basket, but these recitals were like stones sinking into the sea without the slightest effect.

Chongzhen looked at the basket of twists and turns that the two little eunuchs carried up again, and showed a hint of helplessness on his face and asked Wang Chengen next to him, "Is this another impeachment of Yue Zhenghong?" ”

Wang Chengen smiled bitterly, "Back to the emperor, exactly." These officials don't seem to give up if they don't impeach once a day, and the slaves and maids are considered to have obeyed these people. ”

Chongzhen looked at the basket of folds in front of him, sighed helplessly, and waved his hand, and the two little eunuchs carried these folds down, if those officials knew that they had worked hard to write the folds every day, the emperor didn't even look at them, and threw them into the treasury to wait for mold, and they didn't know what the mood was.

Looking at the basket of twists and turns carried down by the eunuch, Wang Chengen sighed secretly in his heart, this loyal and brave marquis is too capable of causing trouble, how long has he been in office in Shandong, and he actually raised a butcher's knife against those gentry and merchants, doesn't he know that the national policy of the Ming Dynasty is that the king and the scholars rule the world together?

Chongzhen reviewed the recital for a while, and suddenly raised his head and asked Wang Chengen: "Big companion, do you think I really did something wrong, can I govern Shandong well according to Yue Zhenghong's murderous temperament?" ”

To such a serious question, where did Wang Chengen talk without permission, he could only answer cautiously: "If you go back to the emperor, the slave is just a waste person, and she doesn't understand the major affairs of the military state. ”

Seeing Wang Chengen pretending to be confused there, Zhu Youzhen glared at him impatiently: "You old slave is pretending to be stupid again, and this is not the early dynasty in the Jinluan Palace, I told you to say it directly, what are you afraid of?" ”

"Yes!"

Wang Chengen showed a look of panic, but he was actually very happy in his heart. He knew that the emperor was trusting him and wanted to hear his opinion, so he thought about it before saying in a puzzled tone: "Your Majesty, slaves and maids tell the truth, slaves and maids don't understand military affairs. But the slave always thinks, Dafan this capable person always likes to do something unexpected, and now those imperial histories say that the loyal and brave marquis indiscriminately killed the scholars and refused to send troops to Qufu to save the holy prince, is the Ming Dynasty everyone gets and punishes the rebellious ministers and thieves, but the slave and the maid don't understand, is the loyal and brave marquis so stupid? Didn't he know that killing those scholars would offend the world?

The slave maid remembered that the Marquis of Zhongyong once said that the evaluation of a person's quality should not be based on what he said. It's about what he does. Long live the Lord handed over the country to those scholars to govern, but what did those scholars do? Every day shouting that the king and the scholar rule the world together, but as a result, as long as the court says that they want to pay taxes, one by one is either pretending to be deaf and dumb or resigning, so many years have passed, the taxes of the court are getting lower and lower, and the reputation of the loyal and brave marquis is not good, but look at how much silver and grain have been handed over to the court since he governed Shanxi, no wonder the people are full of rumors that the righteousness is slaughtered by the dogs, and the negative heart is mostly a scholar, and the slave and maid see. Those who read too many books have too many eyes in their hearts, and they are not the most important thing! ”

"You...... Hahaha......" Zhu Youzhen pointed at Wang Chengen and was stunned for a while, then he laughed, "Big companion, it's the first time I've seen you say bad things about others in front of me." You have been holding these words in your heart for a long time on weekdays, right? ”

Seeing Zhu Youzhen's rare happy appearance, Wang Chengen felt a little embarrassed, lowered his head and said with some embarrassment: "Your Majesty, the slaves and maids see that those ministers are talking better than singing poems all day long. But if they really let them do something, but there are few things that can be done well, the emperor is so tired that he has to work hard every day, and the slaves and maids are really ...... It's really ......," said it. Wang Chengen was so choked up that he couldn't speak.

"Alas......"

Looking at Wang Chengen, whose eyes turned red, Chongzhen stood up with a long sigh, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Big companion, it's difficult to govern the country, although those scholars don't want to see them, but without them, the huge Ming Dynasty can't let me govern it myself, right?" So, although I don't like them, I can't do without them, and I feel very embarrassed. ”

Seeing a lonely look on Chongzhen's face, Wang Chengen choked up and said: "Your Majesty, it's all slaves and maids who are not good, and it's the slaves and maids who make you sad." ”

"It's none of your business!" Chongzhen waved his hand, walked to the side of the dragon case, and was about to sit down to review the fold again, when a little eunuch came over and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, this issue of "Daming Times" and "Jinling Times" has arrived. ”

"Oh...... Bring them all to me. As soon as he heard this, Zhu Youzhen's spirit suddenly became invigorated.

Speaking of the matter of the Daming Times, Chongzhen's attitude towards it is also full of twists and turns, from the disgust and anger at the beginning slowly began to accept, until now every issue is not pulled down, the transformation of this process has lasted for more than a year.

After more than a year of fermentation and brewing and Yueyang's strong support, the "Daming Times" has grown from a tabloid with a circulation of less than 3,000 copies per issue to a large newspaper with a circulation of 30,000 or 40,000 copies per issue. In contrast, the "Jinling Times", which takes the "Daming Times" as its own responsibility, is far inferior to the Daming Times in terms of equipment renewal and investment, and has now been left far behind by the "Daming Times".

Seeing Chongzhen pick up the newspaper and read it carefully, Wang Chengen knew that the emperor would not pay attention to him for a while, so he retreated very interestingly.

It's just that he didn't notice that as soon as Chongzhen picked up the newspaper, he saw that he was attracted by the headline on the front page, and this title was "The Ugly Reader"

As soon as Chongzhen saw this title, he felt a burst of dizziness in front of his eyes, Daming Times, is this the rhythm of self-isolation from the world?

He shook his head vigorously and continued to read the text, only to see that the first article of the text said: "I am a scholar in the Ming Dynasty and a scholar who said that he would rule the world with the king, but the Ming Dynasty has been a scholar for more than 200 years, and there are no less than 100,000 scholars in the Ming Dynasty today, but no one can stand up for the country at the time of the national crisis." The Ming Dynasty is now worried about external and internal troubles, the imperial court pays taxes every year but only four million taels, every time the merchants and gentry want to be taxed, the scholars of the Ming Dynasty will all jump out to oppose it, and the opening is not to compete with the people, but the emperor asked the ministers what they had to do, but they all shut up, and finally there was only a dry sentence to increase the income of the field.

But we all know that the people of my Ming Dynasty are suffering, and if the court increases the endowment. The local evil officials dared to charge an extra three points and four points, and now the Ming Dynasty is full of thieves, but these scholars turn a blind eye. I really don't understand why the people are already in poverty and still need to raise taxes, while those merchants and scholars who spend a lot of money every day don't have to hand over a penny to the imperial court, but they still say that this is the ancestral system. For more than 200 years, did the Ming Dynasty raise a group of wine bags and rice bags?

Everyone in the world said that Wei Zhongxian was a eunuch who misled the country, but as far as I know, Wei Zhongxian never had a shortage of Liao salary when he was in power, and the Tartars never stepped into the border of my Ming Dynasty. It's just that the good times didn't last long, and the cavalry of the Tartars entered my Ming Dynasty as if they were in a no-man's land, is this what my Ming scholars said that the world is peaceful? The eunuchs can still resist the enemy and the Ming Dynasty, but these so-called reading seeds can only let the Tartars enter the hinterland of my Ming Dynasty to burn and plunder, woohoo...... Sad ......"

"Bastard...... This bastard ......"

Seeing this, Chongzhen only felt a burst of fire in his heart, this Yue Yang really dared to say it, even he, the emperor, was scolded, this is not scolding himself for not knowing people. Isn't it as good as a eunuch to use it? Well, I'll put up with it...... Look at what else this bastard wrote.

In fact, it's not just Chongzhen, at this time, the entire Ming Dynasty was stunned by the "Ugly Reader" written by Yue Yang, since the beginning of the world. No one has ever dared to scold a reader so bluntly, this is not against one or two or a group of people, this is against the entire reading class!

Immediately afterwards, this article wrote: "I have a Tartar raging outside the Ming Dynasty today. There are rogues in the inside, but looking at the whole world, only Yueyang, the capital of Yingzhou, has stepped forward to refuse to suppress the rogues in the Tartars, and now he wants to do his best to collect more taxes for the imperial court to share the worries of the monarch. Recently, Jinan businessmen and some so-called scholars openly boycotted the market for the sake of petty profits, disrupting the dynasty, and Yang was forced to send troops to suppress it, but they were regarded as the public enemies of the Manchu Dynasty and cried out...... In the eyes of my great master, there is nothing else to call except these things? ”

As soon as Yue Yang's article full of vernacular came out, it was like a slap on the heads of countless people in the Ming Dynasty, and it was so straight that it was a gold star, so that the last fig leaf on the Ming Shizi was torn off by Yue Yang mercilessly.

In fact, before posting this article, Wu Qing and others also persuaded Yue Yang, if this article was published, he and the scholars would completely tear their faces, which would be very detrimental to his future, but Yue Yang scoffed at this point of view. In Yue Yang's view, these so-called scholars of the Ming Dynasty are the most undisciplined group of people, and do they kill many people after the Manchu Qing Dynasty enters the customs in another time and space? On the 10th day of Yangzhou and the three massacres in Jiading, the people who killed them went to the sea. Everyone in the world said that the Nanjing Massacre was the largest massacre of the 20th century, but they did not know that the Manchus had already done it hundreds of years ago, and they had done it more than once.

It is said that the Manchus killed so hard, didn't they offend everyone in the world? But in fact, those who read these things are like collectively changing their amnesia, and the first to respond to the call of the Manchu Qing Dynasty to shave their heads and keep braids are these people.

All in all, when Yue Yang threw this bomb out, the entire Ming Dynasty scholars exploded, and the entire Shilin became a mess.

Especially in Jinling, the base camp of "Daming Times", the "Ugly Reader" written by Yue Yang himself shook the entire Jinling. Yueyang's cheap old man Wang Qian is also a ruthless man, since he was rescued by Yueyang, he knew that his future fate has been closely linked with his son-in-law, after publishing this article, he also hired a group of scholars to post a copy of this newspaper in crowded places all over Jinling, and also hired a group of literate people to read it out to passers-by and people. Since this article is written in the vernacular, the common people can understand it, and the common people think about it after listening to it, why do we, the hard-working people, have to pay heavy taxes every year, but why don't those businessmen and so-called scholars who eat fat with their brains have to pay taxes? Now that the imperial court is in financial difficulties, where are all those scholars who shout loyalty and patriotism all day long? Could it be that this burden is put on us ordinary people, why did those scholars go? So the eyes of the common people looking at those who read books are a little wrong.

And the deepest feeling about this is naturally those businessmen and scholars, on weekdays they walk in the streets and alleys of Jinling feel not ordinarily good, in the past they have fame, silver, walking with their heads raised that called a high, the common people are also in awe of them. But since this article spread, they have found that the people who used to look at them with awe in the past have now looked at them differently, although the people still dare not do anything to them. But they felt that there were always people pointing fingers at them, and behind their backs, in disrespectful language in places they couldn't see. This change has made many people feel depressed.

And what made them feel most incredible was that Yue Yang had already slandered them so much, but not long after, a group of scholars jumped out to support Yue Yang, and these people were the scholars who were supposed to be one of them.

Yes, their eyes didn't bloom and they didn't hear it wrong, the first to jump out in solidarity with Yueyang was a group of scholars, not to mention that the fortress is always the easiest to attack from the inside.

There are circles everywhere, and reading people are no exception. There are thousands of scholars in the Ming Dynasty, and naturally not everyone is rich, otherwise the term poor scholar would not have appeared. And even the little devils of later generations know that they want to buy traitors to work for them. Yue Yang naturally understands this truth. There are so many scholars in the Ming Dynasty, there are always a lot of unsatisfactory readers, and a lot of money is sprinkled to attract many people to come to take refuge, and Wang Qian, who has received Yueyang's advice, did not discriminate against these people, but organized them all, these people published articles in the "Daming Times" to support Yueyang, and many people pointed out that today's Ming has become the plaything of many gentry and businessmen, and they continue to suck the flesh and blood of the Ming Dynasty to strengthen themselves, and these people can spend a lot of money in their daily lives. But when the imperial court collects taxes, he is reluctant to hand over even a copper plate, this kind of person is an out-and-out moth.

With the emergence of these critical forces, Shilin, who originally unanimously condemned Yueyang, also had another voice. As mentioned earlier, Shilin is not monolithic. There are also contradictions between them. And it's strange to say that Yue Yang's map cannon scolded all the readers, but there were also many readers who admired him, thinking that Yue Yang was a person who dared to tell the truth. A person who dares to shoot at all the scholars is brave and worthy of their admiration, not to mention that Yue Yang's article is not made up, but has something to say. Many words were speechless, and after this incident, Yue Yang's reputation in Shilin actually rose a lot.

"This rebel thief is so rampant, we must not let it be arrogant, we must fight back and expose his true face to all people, so that he will become the finger of thousands of people for ten thousand years!"

In the guest room of the inn, the obese Yan Shenggong kept turning in circles in the living room with his hands behind his back, scolding Yue Yang as he turned.

Just the day before yesterday, Lu Zhili, who had been missing for more than ten days, finally returned to Jinan, and Liu Zeqing, who was seriously injured before he returned, was also carried back to the Yamen of the General Military Mansion by his family, Liu Zeqing and Lu Zhili's journey to suppress bandits had failed, and less than 3,000 of the more than 10,000 officers and soldiers who went back could come back, and the rest were either killed or separated.

And this is when Yan Shenggong finally tasted the bitter fruit of losing his exile, when he came out, because he was in too much hurry, he didn't have much money with him, and most of it was left in Qufu to cheapen Li Zicheng and the group of rogues under him. As the saying goes, it's good to be at home for a thousand days, but it's hard to go out. Yan Shenggong, who was exiled, finally realized the mood of Yang Ji when he wrote this poem.

You must know that Yan Shenggong did not run out alone, a family of more than 100 people plus household servants, the silver spent every day was like flowing water, the silver he brought out couldn't help him such an expense, seeing his waist deflated day by day, but Li Zicheng and these people still occupied Qufu and did not leave, thinking that these rogues had emptied the granary and silver treasury of their homes, Yan Shenggong felt that his heart was dripping blood, and he had to run to the house of the political envoy Ke Zhennan, Ma Ke and others every day, grinding him to encourage the government to send troops to recover Qufu.

But what disappointed Yan Shenggong was that both Ke Zhennan and Ma Ke were helpless to tell him, and now there is only one person in Jinan who can help him, and that is Yueyang. However, Yan Shenggong had already offended Yue Yang too badly before, and it was estimated that the possibility of letting Yue Yang take the initiative to send troops to recover Qufu was infinitely close to zero. As soon as he thought of this, Yan Shenggong was so angry that he wanted to scold his mother.

"Bastard...... I am Yan Shenggong, I am a descendant of a saint, that vulgar martial artist did not send troops to help me recover Qufu, his crime is great, I must play the Ming Holy Lord to punish him...... He must be punished! ”

Yan Shenggong roared in the guest room like a madman, and only stopped after shouting in a hoarse voice, and finally he sat on a stool and looked out of the window with blank eyes and muttered to himself: "Is it true that I can't go back to my home?" How long will it take? (To be continued......)