Chapter 898: The Broken Literati (I)
"Your Majesty, I guess there are some problems with these newspapers." Hu Ling, director of the State Security Bureau, said.
"Huh? What's the problem? Wang Guorui asked.
Hu Ling, director of the State Security Bureau, brought a few newspapers to Wang Guorui, Wang Guorui looked at the newspaper, and then frowned, but it still didn't matter. Because this newspaper actually scolded him for his great achievements, and scolded him for being a king who was happy and spent money everywhere. Then, by blackmailing businessmen to pay money, they called it "sponsorship", which is to exploit the people. And this kind of scolding Wang Guorui is obviously happening all over the country, and officials across the country are not surprised. This kind of era of being proud of scolding the emperor for three days and two ends is simply except for the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty, that is, now. Moreover, the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty were only scolded by the civil and official classes, but now some literary people around the world dare to come out and scold them.
If it was in the Manchu era in the past, whoever dared to do this would definitely lose their heads, and maybe even implicate their families. During the Manchu Dynasty, the literary prison was crazy, and it was the craziest era of the literary prison, and no one dared to take it lightly. However, it has to be said that the repression of the literary prison in the Manchu era made those literati very dissatisfied. Once the literati are dissatisfied, but the actual environment cannot satisfy their idea of scolding the emperor, they can only endure it. The so-called extreme things must be opposed, and the suppression in the Manchu era was too ruthless, so the heart suddenly opened, and everyone found that the emperor Wang Guorui would not be killed most of the time, let alone implicate his family. Even if the words are inappropriately used to insult people, they will only be detained for seven to fifteen days at most, and even if they are slandered, they will only be imprisoned for a year or two at most.
Therefore, such a low "cost of crime" made many people begin to vent their dissatisfaction with the oppression of imperial power. In the past, these literati in the Manchu era were oppressed so badly, so now Wang Guorui has become a punching bag, and they have begun to curse people. Especially scolding Wang Guorui, the emperor, is very happy to do it. This is also the feeling of the so-called turning over serfs, although it was the emperor of the Manchu Qing Dynasty who oppressed them, but now Wang Guorui is also the emperor and represents the imperial power, so Wang Guorui has to become a scapegoat punching bag.
However, Wang Guorui is not the kind of ancient feudal emperor after all, he knows that being an emperor must have the consciousness of being scolded. If you are not prepared to be scolded. So what kind of politician should you be? It is impossible for a politician to satisfy the demands of all people, to satisfy the demands of all classes, and this is impossible even if the gods come. So if they are scolded, they should not hear it, anyway, instead of blocking them and not scolding them, they will really use knives and guns to revolt at that time. Is it better to be scolded or to be "revolutionized" by others in the future? If you are scolded, you will not lose a piece of meat, but the revolution will lose your head!
"You don't need to show me this kind of thing, but it will affect my mood anyway. Why do you show me this kind of thing, this kind of newspaper doesn't have a thousand a day. There are also eight hundred, don't take it seriously! Now that the media review has passed, I won't say anything. If I were to shut down for this, not a single newspaper in our country would be completely clean, not even all of our official newspapers, and surely you didn't say anything to them? I'm afraid, even my own official newspaper doesn't dare to say that there is no such thing at all, what are you doing with all this? Is it that your State Security Administration is too idle? Looking for something to do? Wang Guorui said.
Hu Ling hurriedly explained and said, "Your Majesty." If it were that simple, I wouldn't bother you with it. Instead, our special intelligence analysts sent you some of the information in this newspaper, which are very sensitive, and I don't know how. ”
"Oh? What's the problem? Wang Guorui asked.
Hu Ling hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, look at this newspaper, although he looks similar to the article scolding the emperor. But. He listed a lot of data here, especially the data on the festivals we held, and the data on the construction of infrastructure in various places. There's even a lot of data, and it's all one by one. And this data, although not absolutely confidential, is also confidential to a certain extent. Even many government officials don't know much about it. But these people actually knew it. And I went to inquire about the relevant departments, and these data are actually true, and the error is within one percent! ”
"What?" Wang Guorui finally frowned at this time.
Wang Guorui knows that although many economic data and various financial statements in the government are not absolutely confidential, they are mostly confidential within a certain range, and it is not so easy to obtain. And many government workers can't say it openly without public permission, otherwise they will be punished lightly or prosecuted. But if these people who scolded themselves in the newspapers could come up with so much data, then things would be different.
"How did they get this data?" Wang Guorui asked.
"There are two possibilities, one is that there is a leak within our government. But I don't think that's the case, because the data is still one percent wrong. And these things are related to no less than a dozen departments, is it possible that more than a dozen departments leaked secrets together? I don't believe that there are leaks in more than a dozen departments, so I think they speculated on their own. ”
"But it's unlikely that they've speculated on their own, and you see that all of them are from those traditional literati backgrounds. Since these traditional literati were cut off from the imperial examination, they had little livelihood skills and knew little about mathematics and other abilities. Even many of them can only make a living by selling their ancestral property, and from time to time they are sued because they are cheated on the number game. Moreover, they don't even understand the drawing up of contracts, and even many people don't even understand the prices, and what others say is what they want. Even they have to find a few scholars to take care of their lives, so that everyone knows that these so-called literati are all fat sheep who can only write articles, and everyone is waiting to get a piece of the pie! ”
However, these literati do not even understand the mathematics of their own lives, but they actually understand such a profound government expenditure statement, and they have calculated it one by one. Moreover, even if they investigate on their own, they can't be so accurate, so there are high-level people behind them to guide them! As for these masters, I have an idea at the moment. These people seem to have some dealings with foreigners, but we haven't caught them and we have actual evidence. These guys seem to know very well that the data they get their hands on is semi-public, and they have some network of connections if they need to. Even if this data is leaked, it is a matter of punishment, and it is not too strictly confidential. We can't even punish them for the so-called crime of leaking state secrets, because in principle these are only kept secret for one or two years, and it is very difficult to prosecute them and impose any heavy sentences. ”
"So these data are obviously someone who helped them estimate them, and they have carefully calculated to get these data, and then they use it to attract attention!"
Wang Guorui knows that there is a kind of person who specifically lists the data in the article, and then seems to have these data really true. These data seem to make people more believable, because the so-called hearing is false, seeing is believing, and with such actual data, it can really make people believe that their words are true.
After all, many people see so much data, and they will subconsciously think that there is a feeling of "high", so that they subconsciously feel that this data is true. And this data is actually true, and many people will also "compare" it themselves. The wealth they are exposed to on a daily basis is nothing more than their monthly salary, and then they use their monthly salary to "compare" with the data above, so that it is easy to come to a conclusion that the number is very similar.
In fact, a person's level often determines his vision, if the ordinary worker's comparative data is often his own wage income, and then they use their own wage income to "compare" with the state finance, and soon the result of the country's spending is "extravagant".
But in fact, for a government, hundreds of millions of dollars are not a strange thing. Of course, as long as it is where it should be spent, the hundreds of millions are worth it. However, many ordinary workers will only use their own salary income as a comparison, so that the way they compare is obviously very different. Comparing an individual's monthly salary with a country's government financial investment, isn't this asking for hardship? But in fact, there are really a lot of people who "ask for their own hardships".
"Hmph, most of them are down-and-out literati who have received money from foreigners or received some promises. This kind of down-and-out literati is useless to do business, but this kind of bird thing is very good at it. They want to be officials and make a fortune, but they have no way, and as a result, they complain as if the whole country and society owe him. This kind of guy is easily seduced by foreigners, check it out for me! Wang Guorui said.
Wang Guorui is very clear about this kind of broken literati, and there are many such birdmen in later generations. They want to be officials but can't find the opportunity, and they want to become the upper class of society, but they can't get up. But they all have ambitions, and then they are not willing to work in a down-to-earth manner. This kind of person who can't go up and down is the most likely to be dissatisfied with society.,There's no real ability.,But those virtual things are full of mouths.,This kind of birdman has been more than since ancient times.。
"You just scold me, and I don't care if you complain. But if you have the courage to collude with foreigners, then don't blame me for being rude! Wang Guorui sneered. (To be continued.) )