Chapter 124: Is It a Mule or a Horse (Asking for a Monthly Pass)
The prince forced and coaxed, and finally Xu Qian had to pay attention to the issue of effectiveness in advance.
There are many understandings of the so-called effectiveness, but it is more difficult for the newspaper to have any effect. After all, influence is something that cannot be seen or touched, and there is no standard for measuring it, and good or bad is still a word in the palace after all.
Although Xu Qian did not have any intersection with Emperor Jiajing, he also knew that Emperor Jiajing was notoriously mean and unkind, to put it mildly, just like the dairy farmers of later generations, wishing that everyone was a cow, able to eat grass and milk cows.
Moreover, this kind of person often has high requirements for others, and if you want to be recognized by this kind of person, you can't rely on this kind of invisible and intangible things alone.
Therefore, Xu Qian has to drum up something that can be seen and touched, and he can't do it, and he won't be guilty of it with his identity as a born member and Xie Qian's protΓ©gΓ©, but once he doesn't get the approval of the Son of Heaven, Xu Qian's road to this official master in the future will only be bumpy.
Therefore, it is necessary to give him a shock, not only to be effective, but also to have absolute results, enough to make this harsh son of heaven no matter how he examines it, he will never find some flaws.
Although Xu Qian was giggling on the surface, he knew the importance of this matter to his future, and then he locked himself in the room, and asked people to send pen, ink, paper and inkstone, and worked hard to write in this room.
For a few days, he rarely went out, and even the meals were brought by Zhao Mengting in her spare time.
A few days later, a new chapter appeared on the fourth page of the newspaper's story, titled: "Xu Laohu's Records of the Dead."
This is a very vulgar story in later generations, which is nothing more than saying that a scholar surnamed Xu and named Xu Sheng witnessed all kinds of disasters in his hometown by the Japanese people, and he was angry at the crown. Rise up with a sword, with the story of the villagers leveling the widow.
In fact, this is the so-called obscene novel in later generations, just like the deeds of Internet writers such as going up the mountain to fight tigers, going with the breeze and thief eyebrows and rat eyes in later generations, it is nothing more than how the protagonist witnesses the hatred of the country and the family, and describes a lot of cruelty of the Japanese robbers, raping women, robbing wealth, killing people and setting fires, and finally Xu Sheng came forward. Calling himself a tiger, the tiger's body shook and swept through the Japanese invaders.
The story is very vividly written, especially in this era, although there are many wild historical stories. But how can the plot be so refreshing? In addition, the protagonist is a reader again, so that those readers have a deep sense of substitution, and it happens that Hangzhou hears the news of the murder of the Japanese from time to time, so this story soon had a great response.
It is said that the useless is the scholar, although the scholar has no power to restrain the chicken, but the association is rich, and he only heard cold news in the past. It is said that the pirates attacked a certain place, or plundered a certain coastal village, and they did not feel any emotion, after all, this thing was too far away from them. It's like seeing someone killed in the text, although you will have sympathy for the person who killed it in your heart, and you will inevitably have some hatred for the murderer, but that's all.
Now this chapter is like a novel, but it's a picture of color. The customs and cruelty of this Japanese people were exposed, and the ugly things of their rape of women and murder and goods were profoundly described. Compared with the reality of life, it is inevitable that these scholars who are used to the wind and snow on weekdays will have a little hatred, and the protagonist kills all directions, appearing in the eyes of the scholars as a Confucian general, and then like Zhuge Liang, he uses various fire attacks and flooding strategies to kill the Quartet and rescue the people of Limin, and suddenly, those scholars are enformed.
There are many stories in the commentary, but the scholars don't like it, why? Because most of the commentaries are reckless heroes, the scholars also have heroic plots, but they are by no means reckless heroes, they yearn for the wise man who is strategizing, and the plot of encountering the lord of the Ming Dynasty and worshipping the prime minister.
The protagonist of the story, Xu Laohu, is such a character, the Son of Heaven in the story, Shengming, and the protagonist is not reckless, all kinds of soldiers, just like Zhuge Kongming's rebirth.
This story suddenly became popular, except for some chattering people who were arguing about the poems and Bagu articles, the story of "The Story of Ping Wa" was first discussed in the market, and readers waited for the next chapter, almost as soon as the newspaper came out, it attracted a rush.
Later, even Shilin Qingyi couldn't help but talk about this story, and some people liked this story, and then went to see the Japanese people, and their hearts couldn't help but hate it, plus the news in the newspaper that a certain village in a certain county was attacked by the Japanese people who came ashore and four people were slaughtered. As a result, all kinds of rumors spread among Shilin.
"These Japanese people are really heinous, and it is said that yesterday another group of Japanese people landed on the shore and killed people in Fujian."
"I've always been peaceful in Jiangnan, who knows that now there are such thieves and thieves, causing the people to live in a difficult situation, why hasn't the court sent troops to suppress it?"
"Hmph, those adults in the court are all corpse vegetarian people, half a year ago the governor of Fujian wrote a letter, asking the court to allocate grain and grass, levy and send strong men to clarify the Japanese coles, what did you say about the household department? It is really ridiculous that the household department actually said that the money and grain spent is very large, and the Japanese people are just suffering from mustard ringworm, and there is no need to make such a big fanfare, and in the past six months, hundreds of innocent people have been victimized. β
"What do the elders say, why is there no movement at all? There is a lot of news about the Japanese in this Ming Bao, why does Di Bao not mention a word, these old men, I really don't know what to eat, could it be that our Jiangnan Tiangao Emperor is far away, not at the feet of the Son of Heaven, can we ignore it so much? β
The various discussions of Shilin Qing became more and more intense, and immediately after, the celebrities jumped out, and the celebrities wanted to maintain their reputation, they must show their own existence, for example, if someone was dissatisfied with the cabinet, then the celebrities and scholars showed their style, and the first to jump out to criticize the cabinet, in order to get applause, and the Japanese Kou, although they could not show their own style, but they could also show their heartache about the current situation, they jumped out, composed poems, made a fuss, and they took the lead, Naturally, the reaction from Shilin's side became more and more enthusiastic.
There was even a Suzhou celebrity who ran to the governor's yamen and scolded the governor's corpse for a vegetarian meal, but the governor did not see him behind closed doors, although he was scolded for a bloody dog, but he could only swallow this grievance into his stomach.
In the past, after a while, everyone made a fuss for a while, and then it passed like the wind, but as the stories serialized in Ming Pao changed every day, and there were more and more anti-Japanese poems published in many submitted manuscripts, the movement of this matter began to grow.
The Ming Bao came out less than 20 days ago, and most people in Beijing at this time did not expect that Jiangnan would be hot because of a story, and now in early July, the weather is getting hotter and hotter, so that the entire Beijing division is a little lazy.
In the Forbidden City, the young son of heaven put on the court clothes, and when the bell and drum rang in Shenshi, he would move to the Chongzheng Hall to listen to the lecture of the Hanlin scholars.
Xu Qian's matter, this young son of heaven has long forgotten everything, after all, as the son of heaven, there are too many facts he has to manage, and a young talent who is far away in Hangzhou cannot occupy too much energy of the son of heaven.
The Son of Heaven reclined on the couch and rested for a while, and when the bell rang three times, a eunuch came in and said loudly: "Your Majesty, the scholars of the Chongzheng Hall have been waiting for a long time. β
The Son of Heaven got up from the couch, nodded his head, and then walked out of the dormitory, sat on the step, and walked leisurely to the Chongzheng Palace.
Chongzheng Hall is one of the court halls, magnificent and majestic, here is a bit similar to the study of the Son of Heaven, set up Chongzheng Hall scholars, with Hanlin officials as the post, specifically for the Son of Heaven to read the allusions of the saints, on the surface it seems to be saying the four books and five classics, but in fact it is a metaphor for the present, saying the truth of governing the country.
At this time, the scholars of the Chongzheng Palace and the officials in the palace who lectured and read in the palace waited for a long time, and when the Son of Heaven appeared, everyone saluted together and shouted: "Long live." β
If there was no one next to the Son of Heaven, he went straight to the back of the imperial book, sat down, but did not shout in a hurry like the previous emperor, but first glanced at Zhongqing with his eyes, and then the corners of his mouth were slightly hooked, and said, "Please get up, masters." β
For Hanlin officials, most of the Son of Heaven called them masters, but there were also times when they were not polite, they were directly called a certain secretary.
Chongzheng Hall scholar named Zhang He, at this time has knelt on the seat, holding up the book, it is worth mentioning that standing on his side is a Hanlin editor, surnamed Xu Mingjie, this Xu step to explore the flower and the first, awarded the Hanlin Academy to edit, and because of the dignified appearance, he also served as an errand of a lecturer.
Xu Jie stood with bated breath at this time, silent, and then the bachelor began to shake his head and take out the four books, first talked about a period of etiquette, but saw that the Son of Heaven had signs of drowsiness, and he understood in his heart that the emperor was a little boring with his lectures, he cheered up, and then said: "Your Majesty, I heard that a newspaper was published in Jiangnan, this newspaper is quite bold, and it is actually taken as a Ming Bao, does Your Majesty know about this matter?" β
This is the normal rhythm of lectures, once the Son of Heaven is bored with teaching, the Hanlin Bachelor simply does not talk about it, after all, the Son of Heaven is not the prince, the prince can be crammed for education, but the Son of Heaven is not. Therefore, most of them are idle talk of monarchs and ministers, and they talk nonsense.
The reason why the Hanlin officials are noble is also here, they have no real position, they are not imperial envoys, and they always have to find something to advise; It is not the official of the six ministries, who is responsible for specific affairs; The only job is to compile books and draft edicts, which is to brag with the emperor, not only will not offend people, but also be close to the Son of Heaven, the world's first-class fat shortage, as long as there is no mistake, a steady and stable successor to the cabinet.
Hearing this Hanlin talk about Jiangnan and the newspaper again, the Son of Heaven was silent for a moment, and then glanced at Zhang He vigilantly, and then he suddenly remembered that there was a Xu Qian in Hangzhou.
The Son of Heaven glanced at Zhang He deeply, and immediately smiled, but behind this smile like a spring breeze, but with a bit of wisdom beads in his hand, the Son of Heaven said slowly: "Oh? Is there such a thing? β