There is a saying that those who play with fire must [***], and they will manipulate public opinion, even if they are on a new stage supported by themselves, it is easy to hurt themselves, which Li Xian has long been aware of.

After receiving a large stack of urgent reports from Fan Jin, Yu Hanyi, and even Duan Yuyou and others, Li Xi had to sigh that in this kind of matter, after all, there was no way to be able to handle it freely, and it was exactly the same.

Just as he was about to leave for Guangzhou to unveil the finale of this turmoil, chaos arose.

The first is that some tabloids run by scholars have begun to take another line of struggle, not reasoning with you, but completely stinking you. They exposed that many British and Chinese industrialists were "collaborating with the enemy," especially a group of merchants in Hunan, who were trying their best to sell to the north the old muskets and even small cannons that had been replaced by the British and Chinese troops. aroused the anger of a large number of people who "did not know the truth", especially the families of the British and Chinese soldiers. Thousands of people surrounded the Qingpu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and wanted Han Yujie, who replaced An Jinzhi as the head of the association, to give an explanation.

Han Yujie had never experienced this battle, he didn't pay attention to proportions when he spoke, and he was almost buried by cabbage, sweet potatoes, and even stinky shoes, until he shouted that my son was also sacrificing his life and bleeding on the front line, and then he got out.

The second case was a fierce backlash from industry and commerce, a number of newspapers of the scholars were besieged by unknown thugs, and even the "Shilin" newspaper office was not spared, the attackers intended to set fire, but were discovered by the newspaper people, and in the struggle, the main writer Zheng Zhiben was seriously injured in the assassination.

The third incident had a more far-reaching impact, "Righteousness" called on all scholars to carry out the "Crying Hole" movement, and to spread the crusade against Li Shi's "destruction of Confucianism" to the whole territory.

The turmoil is no longer limited to Guangzhou, there are rumors in Zhaoqing and Gaozhou that some people are secretly conspiring to kill officials and seize the city, and Zhou Ning, the chief of the internal guard, is seeking temporary disposal rights, and the geographical scope of "allowing his camera to dispose of" also includes such a critical place as Foshan.

There are countless other small and chaotic traces, and there is a faint line behind them that leads directly to the Qing court in the north. As for the urgent report of the intention of the Qiongzhou banner people to make a mess, it has also been sent to Li Shi, but this is already a report after the disposal, and everyone has been arrested, just waiting for Li Shi's words.

Some of these changes were expected by Li Xian, and even a few of them were caused by the hooks released by Yu Hanyi, and some of them exceeded Li Xian's expectations, making him secretly awe-inspiring.

"Teacher, cheer up, time is running out, you have to work hard."

When Li Xi began to urge Duan Hong, who had been bored in Baicheng Academy, the old man's face was haggard, his eyes were unfocused, and he already looked tired for a long time.

"That's it, for the sake of this country, the old man burned the last yang longevity......"

Old man Duan puffed up his heart and then ignored the anal fissure and broken intestines, and resolutely said the truth.

"Tell Lei Wanzhong, you can't take care of the injury on his butt at this time, hurry up and do something!"

Then Li Xi sent someone to give Lei Xiang an order.

"Tang You has hurriedly started, the meeting can't be delayed, Shi Yizhi's stall must also be closed, first sort out the terms that can be used in this matter."

Li Shi hurriedly threw out a bunch of tricks, Huangpu Wuya Palace was in the grass hall, Duan Yuyou was also marking the line of "drainage and breaking the embankment" in the general table of the "Rain Urging Operation", and circled the names of the people who began to take action with a red pen.

"It's finally time to wrap up, I don't know what he's going to receive......"

Duan Yuyou still didn't understand much, but in the past two months, her feelings for Li Xi have been led by the red and blue threads, from the initial indignation and disapproval, to the current deep awe, and a trace of rejection of inhuman spirits.

"Marrying such a person, I'm afraid it's the most miserable thing in the world, he seems to have all the hearts of the people, and he doesn't know what he wants."

The word "demon" vaguely fluctuated in Duan Yuyou's heart, and in the end, she could only watch with her eyes on how things would end.

The first to act was Baicheng Academy, and in the past two months, Baicheng Academy's "Baicheng Journal" has been published, but it is the self-proclaimed Avenue of God and does not get involved in this controversy. But in this issue, the article at the beginning of the White City Book Newspaper seems to be discussing this turmoil from an academic point of view.

The article is called "Xue Wen - Heavenly Way Punishment is not punished", it is an article by Xue Xue, the owner of the Taiping Building of Baicheng Academy, who consulted the teacher Duan Hongshi, in the article, Xue Xue asked, God Avenue said: "Heaven punishes the heart without punishment", what should be done to explain this? How is the difference between action and heart, and how is the way of heaven punished.

Duan Hongshi said in Q&A that the difference between action and heart is not profound, the heart is what people think, actions are what people do, what people think is not as good as outside, and what people do is to do to others. The way of heaven extends to people, so that everyone can help each other. Zi said, out of love, stop at etiquette, this love is the heart, etiquette is the line. In a breath, people's hearts are thinking about tens of millions, and people themselves can't stop them, this is the foundation of heaven and earth that allows people to be outside of beasts and beasts, and they will naturally not be punished. And what people do, good is praised and evil, such as being spurned for indecency, stealing or even killing people will be punished, this is the way of heaven plays a role behind it.

After this nonsense, Wenyan came, Xue Xue then asked, in addition to people's hearts and deeds, there is also the matter of words, should words be attributed to hearts or deeds? Does the way of heaven punish or not punish people?

Duan Hongshi said, you asked well, the voice of the speaker seems to belong to the heart, but the ancients said a word, which means that words are qualitative and also affect deeds. Therefore this man's words carry both his heart and his deeds.

Looking at human words in this way, we can distinguish between the way of heaven and human words, whether they are punished or not punished. If you only reach the heart, the way of heaven is not punished. Historically, scholars have been saying that those who speak are not guilty, which shows that the words of those who return to their hearts are in line with the way of heaven, and to punish this person is to go against the way of heaven.

Seeing this, readers thought that Duan Guoshi felt that the current chaos was not lively enough, and he wanted to instigate people to join this battle of people's hearts, but the article changed the topic.

Duan Hongshi continued, but at the same time, people's words are also deeds. For example, scolding other people's ancestors for three generations is a beast, which is not only what you think, but also hurts the hearts of others.

In addition, if you call someone to set fire to someone, it means that people's lives may be threatened and their property will be destroyed. These actions are naturally intolerable to the Heavenly Dao.

Without waiting for Xue Xue to ask, Duan Hongshi asked himself, so how should this person's words and deeds draw a clear line to determine whether it is punished or not?

"Based on truth, based on reason, the commentator is not guilty!"

Duan Hongshi gave a point of view, he explained that saying a fact that already exists is the way of heaven, and from this it is deduced to a conclusion, this is also the way of heaven, and the remarks made based on this process, even if it are related to action, it is not an evil act. If you punish sin, you will rebel against the way of heaven.

Seeing this, many scholars were agitated, and thought that Duan Hongshi was on their side, even if he did not encourage them to continue to sing and forge ahead, his position was like "Shilin", which was to call on Li Shi to speak widely and accept advice with humility.

But I didn't want to think about the second half of the article, Duan Hongshi began to give examples, when it came to the banned "Huasheng" and "Lingnan Daily", why did the imperial court punish this person on the paper? That's because these two newspapers didn't do the word "true", and the things they used to make arguments were either hearsay or blunt fabrications. Therefore, if you don't grasp the truth and stand up to reason, it is an evil act, and it is no wonder that the court wants to be heavy-handed.

At the end of the article, Duan Hongshi directly talked about this controversy, and he said that the root cause came from everyone's lack of thorough understanding of the sages' words and lack of deep learning. He sold his own plaster, saying that Baicheng Academy was about to publish the book "Truth", which was the insight of heaven and Confucianism and science.

Everyone has to look forward to this plaster, in their opinion, this should be the theory behind the Anglo-Chinese national policy, which is the so-called "national culture".

In addition to this expectation, everyone is also secretly awe-inspiring, which is also a sign that the imperial court is preparing for public opinion before it starts. It is very easy to deal with those people who want to be cleaned up, just say that he is "fabricating" and "demagoguery" in the newspapers, and there are hidden dangers that endanger the country and the people.

But then everyone woke up again, Duan Hongshi did not accuse "Yuexiu Times"!

At this time, recalling the remarks of the white-clothed mountain man, it was just a satire of national politics, they were all smart people, and they vaguely understood that the imperial court would probably use the previous remarks of the "Yuexiu Times" as the boundary. Scolding Li Tianwang is slandering the king, but it is okay to accuse the state government, but it cannot exceed the scope of the remarks of the "Yuexiu Times".

This speculation soon came true, and the bulletin "Yinghua Newsletter" published an edict of the Heavenly King, announcing the resumption of the publication of "Yuexiu Times".

In the city of Guangzhou, there was silence, and all the newspapers that had been published in three days had postponed their publication time, and there was no point in scolding each other at this time, waiting to see what attitude the "Yuexiu Times" would take. Whether it is a businessman or a scholar, they all feel that Li Shi's handling is unfathomable, as if he has raised a knife, and it seems that he has loosened the reins again, what is the way forward, and it depends on what the "Yuexiu Times" will say in the republication.

But everyone never expected that the first article after the resumption of publication of "Yuexiu Times" was a shocking article by Lei Xiang: "Cranes and mussels compete, fishermen benefit". At the beginning, don't forget, Yinghua is just a newborn country, and the Qing country is still pressed on three sides! Before, "Yuexiu Times" acted recklessly, disrupted the current situation, and was willing to be punished, but the chaos that started since then was caused by the Qing Dynasty!

Newspapers from all over the country hurriedly followed suit and began to shake out relevant clues one after another, such as the previous revelation of the businessman's sale of ordnance to the Qing State, which was carefully revealed by the Qing State to the relevant newspapers. The "Shilin" report case was done by the Qing Dynasty to deceive businessmen.

Then the case of the bannermen of Changjiang County, Qiongzhou conspiring to seize the city was detonated, and then Zhou Ning exposed the more shocking Zhaoqing internal guard case, and he found that some officers under his command were connected with the Qing State and tried to lead the army to raid Foshan in the name of suppressing the chaos, and wanted to destroy the Foshan Manufacturing Bureau.

Within a few days, the "Qing Dynasty's Meticulous Crimes" instantly occupied the top page of all newspapers, and the "Zhongliu" newspaper, which had always been in the business of explaining the movements of the Qing State in the north, even reported a series of measures taken by the Qing State to turn the national political dispute into a bloody infighting, including the spread of leaflets, including the lure of high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and the infiltration of both industry and commerce and scholars.

The whole territory of Yinghua was in an uproar, and the people who had been sitting and watching the big drama before finally began to speak out, it doesn't matter how you fight, but you have to collude with the Qing Tartar inside and outside to collapse this platform, let's not do it! It's only been a few days! These people included the families of the British and Chinese soldiers, as well as ordinary workers and peasants, and tens of millions of people gathered together to form a huge tide of "seeking annihilation."

"Then Li Fangying, it's time to clean up ......"

When Li Xi returned to Guangzhou, the first thing he did was to explain to Yu Hanyi that he was ready to start, he was very small-minded, and he had no tolerance for the guy who had no personal morality. At present, the popular will of the people who have been stirred up is channeled into a "tide of annihilation", which just beheaded Li Fangying, and he was not wronged anyway. Lin Tong, who had returned to the Qing Kingdom, had a conspiracy with Li Fangying, but Lin Tong didn't know that he came from the north and persuaded him to go to Li Fangying's detailed work, but it was a double agent in the hands of Yu Hanyi.

"I, Li Fangying, want to expose the Qing Dynasty's fine works!"

Before the black-clothed guard could be dispatched, Li Fangying sent it to the door by himself, dressed in white, kneeling in front of the gate of the Boundless Palace, shouting in a miserable and anxious voice.

(To be continued)