In late November, Yongzheng's series of personnel scheduling appeared in the "Zhongliu" newspaper in a grand manner.

"Fu Ning'an is the acting general of Fu Yuanda, commanding the Shaanxi-Gansu-Green Battalion, Xi'an and Jingzhou Banner Battalions. Yue Zhongqi also appointed General Jingbian to lead the Wuchang battalion. Wei Xibao was the general of Dingbian and commanded the Xishan battalion. Ortai led the military department with the title of secretary, served as the governor of Huguang, and the prime minister of Huguang's military and political money. Tian Wenjing is the Minister of Military Aircraft, and is also in charge of Jiangxi's military and political money and grain. Li Wei is the Minister of Military Aircraft, and he still receives the governor of Zhili and the president's army of money and food. ”

If this news is zhende, Yongzheng's strategic attempt is about to come out. He has decided to abandon Sichuan and guard the front line of Xi'an. Yue Zhongqi was transferred to the Wuchang camp and cooperated with the Xishan camp in Xibao, the Wuchang camp attacked the direction of Yuezhou, and the Xishan camp attacked the west direction.

But this is only a rough judgment, if this news is zhende, Yongzheng's personnel arrangements are very puzzling. Yongzheng lined up three generals in the north, and it stands to reason that the military and political affairs should be grasped by the generals, such as the northwest road of Funing'an. But Hunan and Jiangxi, behind them are still pressing Ortai and Tian Wenjing respectively, Ortai also has to control the Hubei Green Battalion, Tian Wenjing controls the Jiangxi Green Battalion, Yue Zhongqi and Xibao, the positions of the generals, are very watery.

Hunan and Jiangxi, who is the boss? Puzzled more than this, Yongzheng asked President Li Wei to have money and grain in the rear, indicating that he still regards Hunan and Jiangxi as a game of chess, but these two people do not have a general control coach?

"That's a trick...... Well played......"

In the Privy Council, Su Wencai led the officials of the Military Intelligence Department and the General Staff Department, and the analysis was sweaty, and there were still no clues.

"I'm afraid it's the news fabricated by the "Zhongliu" newspaper, it's so messy, it's not like Yongzheng's handwriting at all, he has a habit of cleanliness, and he doesn't like disorganized affairs."

"Your military intelligence department is really going to burn yellow paper! People can always pull out the news, what about you!? ”

The officials of the Military Intelligence Department were still muttering, and they were scolded by Su Wencai.

"Governor Luo has transferred all the cadres to the northwest, and there are a few lines left in the north, which are not very reliable......

The officials of the Military Intelligence Department are very aggrieved, the Heaven and Earth Association is too mixed, and they can't get in touch with such high-level decision-making, and the dark line of the Military Intelligence Department has not been in the right state recently.

In the government hall of Huangpu Boundless Palace, Li Xian's face was gloomy, and he asked a person kneeling on the ground in a cold voice: "Bai Xiaoshan, I helped you run this "Zhongliu" newspaper, is it for you to dig into the corner of the Military Intelligence Department?" Is it for you to make the news public, not for the use of a country? Where is your heart for deeds!? ”

Li Xi was very angry, to be precise, a little annoyed and angry. Yongzheng's great determination finally fell, making Li Xi, who had sworn that Yongzheng was not so stupid, and a group of important ministers in the court were all gloomy.

In the past two months, the reports on the situation in the north, especially the decision to raise the army of the country, are all zhende. The newspaper shook the truth out, which naturally hindered Li Xi and the court from pursuing the truth. Nowadays, in the country of Britain and China, anyone with some insight knows that newspapers must not be trusted, but they cannot be trusted.

"Zhongliu" also claimed that his news came from the Forbidden City, from people close to Yongzheng, before everyone only regarded it as boastful, today invited Bai Xiaoshan, the editor-in-chief of "Zhongliu", to ask, Bai Xiaoshan honestly confessed, saying that he used 100,000 taels of silver to buy the line between the Military Intelligence Department and Ru Xi......

It's amazing, Li Xi scolded and sighed at the same time, just a newspaper, or he funded and supported it, and he actually has such ability. And what made him even more awe-inspiring was that Bai Xiaoshan had the courage to make his own decisions and disrupt the country's military intelligence system? "Zhongliu" is just a newspaper, and it can invest 100,000 yuan in a news line!? …,

Bai Xiaoshan was very young, in his early years in the "Yuexiu Times", he studied under Lei Xiang, and later Li Xian wanted to set up a newspaper dedicated to the situation of the Manchu Qing Dynasty in the north, so he pulled him up and took charge of "Zhongliu". The newspaper is getting bigger and bigger, and Li Shi's royal stake is getting thinner and thinner, but it still has 30% of it, and it is the largest shareholder of the newspaper. It's just that he doesn't care much about it, and he never interferes in specific operations.

Bai Xiaoshan gritted his teeth and kowtowed: "Xiaoshan is studying at Baicheng Academy, and he is deeply convinced of Teacher Duan's truth. Xiaoshan believes that my generation of people also has a vocation, that is, to tell the facts, to find the truth, so that the world will not be deceived by false words! Xiaoshan took this as the purpose of the newspaper "Zhongliu", and did everything possible to find a strategy for the Manchu Qing Dynasty. ”

"Your Majesty's words, Xiaoshan thinks there is a difference! If the people in the country are based on seeking the truth, why does the country need to secretly raise so many spies? Why should the state do so many deceitful things? I established the country in Yinghua, inherited the will of heaven, and responded to the will of the people, and the national and military affairs should be upright! ”

Li Xian was stunned for a while, and suddenly had a sense of time and space confusion, as if he was not facing the subjects of this era, but his peers three hundred years later. Vocation...... Old man Duan used his vocation to pry open the human world, and all walks of life are looking for the meaning of their own independent existence. The "vocation" of the newspaper industry is indeed very obvious, the newspaper people believe in the truth and facts, and are unwilling to bow to secular power.

Bai Xiaoshan continued to argue: "As for Ru Xi's line, hasn't Your Majesty already decided that Ru Xi will no longer be used by the state? The person who contacted Ru Xi had both the position of the Military Intelligence Department and the status of a civilian delivery, Xiaoshan was just entrusting him to do something, how could he have harmed a country? ”

Li Yan said angrily: "No matter how noble the purpose is, no matter how despicable the means, we must distort the facts and cover the truth with dust!" What I saw is that in the name of the newspaper, you were used by the Manchus to confuse the court's decision-making! Don't think that the truth is just the truth, how the truth is revealed, how the truth is said, it is also a means to manipulate people's hearts! ”

Li Xian took a deep breath and said another sentence, which made Bai Xiaoshan's face pale: "Reporting people is based on seeking the truth, this is true, but you have to keep in mind one sentence, the world is covered with dust, you have to erase the dust, and if you want the truth to be revealed, you have to pay the price!" It's not you who pay, it's the world who pays! ”

Li Shi waved his hand: "The Law Department will file a case to review the "Zhongliu" newspaper, and the spy who abandons the responsibility of the Military Intelligence Department and serves as a secret tooth for your "Zhongliu" will also be judged!" Go back and think about it and see what you're doing wrong! ”

Bai Xiaoshan retreated in despair, and was about to leave the palace when he was stopped by someone, but it was Lei Xiang, editor-in-chief of "Yuexiu Times" and dean of Yuexiu Academy.

"Teacher, I don't think I'm wrong, newspapers shouldn't just do things that preach, and their duty to report people should be to find out the truth."

"When you left "Yuexiu Times" and went to run "Zhongliu", I said that you are not wrong in this way, but you must not forget that the way of heaven should be in the current situation, and some ways, if they are not in line with the times, not only go against the will of heaven, but also against the hearts of the people. Have you ever thought about what it would be like if you followed your path and also explored our military affairs and published them in the newspaper? ”

"This ...... "Zhongliu" only explores the affairs of the Manchu Qing Dynasty......"

"But there is no Manchu Qing anymore? You are not only in your way, but other newspapers in the country also occasionally do it. For example, a while ago, when the army made a feint in the north, some newspapers were self-righteous and dissected this ** in detail, so that the feint attack did not achieve anything. How many sons have spilled blood, but they have done useless work, this is the price of telling the truth. Today, you have made clear the plan of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but you have only misjudged the court, and the enemy of the other day knows that I am a country and knows it, and you change your course, how many people will suffer? ”

The dialogue between master and apprentice has touched the root of the newspaper, Bai Xiaoshan still insisted, but Lei Xiang saw it wider. ..., Lei Xiang concluded: "The way of heaven we are talking about is nothing more than the three virtues of heaven and man, and the essence is humanity. If they deviate from humanity, what is the meaning of the way of heaven? The duty of reporting people is indeed to conform to the way of heaven, to explore the facts and find the truth, but when we hold our heads high, we must not forget that we still have to step on the earth and be humane-oriented. The public mouth is gold, and our newspaper publishes an article, which is 100 times more effective than the public mouth, what to say, how to say, to have balances, to have calculations, to act in moderation. ”

Bai Xiaoshan tasted it for a while, and said angrily: "The teacher originally understood the way of repaying people, so he decided to do what he preached, not what he did......

Lei Xiang nodded: "The root of the Heavenly Dao lies in the blessing of people. Shi Fa Si once talked to me, saying that the way of heaven should be based on the law, and there is absolute justice, but sometimes this justice is contrary to the blessing of people, such as killing an innocent person, you can save tens of millions of people, can this person be killed or not? Killing is undermining justice, and not killing is detrimental to the lives of tens of millions of people...... This trade-off is to find a middle ground between heaven and man. ”

He didn't say the answer, but Bai Xiaoshan had already realized it, and sighed again: "So I'm really wrong......

Lei Xiang asked, "What does Your Majesty do?" Pending review by the Department of Justice? Didn't remove you? Hehe......"

He shook his head and said: "You, you still haven't understood Your Majesty's way, Your Majesty is the director of your "Zhongliu" newspaper, and you can be regarded as a newspaper person. The fact that you have not been removed means that as a newspaper person, His Majesty does not think that you are wrong, at least he does not think that your intentions are wrong. ”

Bai Xiaoshan's mind was a little confused, and he respectfully arched his hand and said, "Please teach the teacher......"

Lei Xiang also said about Shi Yizhi, who was in charge of the law, "The person in charge of the country has to bear the life and death of tens of millions of people, so he naturally has to act in moderation." But to the innocent man, he will do justice. How should we weigh the balance between those who report people, sometimes those who are in charge of the country, and sometimes those who are innocent? It's still the truth, it's the facts. ”

Although these words were a bit mysterious, Bai Xiaoshan understood a lot, he bowed deeply, and suddenly left, Lei Xiang looked at his back, shook his head and said to himself: "After a hundred years, you can prosper in the world, but not now, now is far from the time." ”

Lei Xiang was urgently recruited by Li Xian to discuss how to govern the domestic newspaper industry, and the incident of "Zhongliu" made Li Xian alert that public opinion in the country was too scattered, and the imperial court controlled it, specifically because the imperial court's control methods were far from keeping up with the situation. It can erode the espionage system of the Military Intelligence Department, and the newspaper industry has already shown signs of getting out of control.

"It's not that you connived, you, some places have taken too big steps, some people have kept up, some people can't keep up, this country is like a lame giant, and I don't know when I will fall hard."

followed by Duan Hongshi's reprimand, and Lei Xiang brought a panorama of public opinion in the country. Yongzheng raised troops in a big way, and the public opinion in the country was in a hurry, on the one hand, the crowd was angry, and felt that Yongzheng, the Tartar emperor, was incapable of doing enough and bullying people too much, and on the other hand, he was denouncing the incompetence of the imperial court.

In Guangchang County, not only were officials such as the county magistrate martyred, but thousands of county citizens were also killed and injured, so that the high-spirited citizens felt that they had been slapped in the face, and they were in hot pain. Many people directly held the court accountable, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate was forced by public opinion to prepare for the impeachment of the Privy Council and the Military Intelligence Department on this matter.

This is only indirect accountability, and many hot-blooded scholars have no scruples, and directly question the national policy of "first the south and then the north, from the west to the east" in the newspaper, saying that this is a clear stretch of belly and back, seducing the Manchu Qing to invade the south. And the object of doubt, the text is only aimed at the court, but the meaning is very clear, Your Majesty the Emperor, are you faint?

In the words of Li Xian's previous life, at present, the citizens of Yinghua are all angry young people, and they feel that Lao Tzu is the first in the world, and he can't stand the grievances. The princes of the ruling court, but all those who act softly, will be spit on, even if Li Xian, as the founding emperor and the saint of the new world, has no prestige, it is still difficult to escape the end of being questioned. ..., Duan Hongshi's reprimand, the focus is still on the policy of the South and the West. Although a country benefited from shipping and many industries, the people felt that this caused the Manchu invasion to the south, and some of them were at the end of the process.

Li Xian said helplessly: "There's no way, I'm still in charge of foreign affairs, and this pattern can only be seen clearly by the general affairs hall and foreign trade industry and commerce, and the political affairs hall in charge of domestic affairs can't get together." ”

Duan Hongshi said in a deep voice: "Emperor Yang of Sui's lesson, you still can't see it clearly?" Foreign affairs are now so closely related, you should not continue to be in charge alone, but let the political affairs hall and the general affairs hall look at the internal and external pattern together. ”

Li Xi hesitated a little: "Is it enough now?" ”

This country is advanced and backward two sides of the patchwork and fusion, the earliest domestic is the separation of industry and commerce and agricultural affairs, the court is also in charge of the Zhongshu Province and the Shangshu Province, after years of efforts, with the government to the countryside, the central and local tax division and the east and west and other policies, gradually pieced together into a chess game.

Now the people in the country are clamoring, again because the court and the people do not have a sufficient understanding of Li Shi's national policy of "first the south and then the north", after all, foreign affairs are still in the hands of Li Xi with a group of young people with global vision and experience in foreign affairs.

Duan Hongshi felt that it was time to cut foreign affairs out of Li Shi's hands, but what Li Shi hesitated was the question of timing.

"In this country, the times are advancing and retreating, do you still think that the sour Confucians in the political hall can continue to control foreign affairs with sages? The old man thinks that you should worry about the young people in the general office messing up the internal affairs of the house. ”

Although most of the provincial and ministerial officials in the political affairs hall are already considered to be Taoist parties, they emphasize harmony in internal affairs, and they still act with a strong Confucian style. However, the Tongshi Hall is a young man full of Western learning, and his actions are full of utilitarianism, and what kind of prospects will these two people mix together, Li Xi is a little confused.

However, as soon as Duan Hongshi said this, Li Xian was also relieved, the integration in the struggle, and the integration of Zhongshu Province and Shangshu Province at the beginning of the year, isn't this how it came over. What's more, he still holds the decision-making power of foreign affairs, and throwing the general office out is to pull the political affairs hall into the foreign affairs decision-making circle, so that it is better to pass the blame...... To be honest, it is not pleasant to be questioned by the people, and I am very aggrieved.

"The General Office is just one step, what to do with the Privy Council in the future, what to do with the colonies and directly subordinate territories, and what is more troublesome is what to do with Jiangnan, what to do with the north and south, there are still too many ways to go......"

Duan Hongshi thought too much, and his face was stunned.

"The old man is seventy-five, how many years can he live? Which step can you see? ”

People's ** is always endless, originally for Old Man Duan, he was relieved to see Huaxia resurge, but now that Yinghua is going on step by step, he always wants to see more.

"The teacher practices five poultry operas diligently, seventy-five is nothing, one hundred and five is a trivial ......"

Li Xi hurriedly comforted the old man, in fact, he was also a little sad in his heart, how long could he, a cheap master, accompany him?

"Hey, didn't Sanniang say one hundred and two? Why did you deduct the old man for fifteen years? ”

The old man was upset, Li Yan scratched his head and smiled brightly.

The next thing made Li Xian scratch his head, and losing the Tongshi Hall to the political hall was a matter of the future after all, and now the important thing was to deal with the threat of Yongzheng. And a country is in a state of great emotion, and he, the emperor, can't help but come forward. It is not only to support the people's will to turn it into a national use, but also to channel the people's feelings. The West and the South China Sea are too far away, and everyone can't see it, and the Manchu Tartars called, and your emperor is still sleeping in the palace, no matter how wise and martial he was before, he will be chewed by the countrymen.

Li Xian sighed: "Okay, I'm the dumb gentleman too, and I have to play the role of the Holy Son of Heaven well." ”

As if inspecting the troops, he glanced at the mother-in-law and children lined up, "Our family has to serve this country wholeheartedly!" ”

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