Chapter 1437: Intensifying
When another two months have passed, this trend of praising Lin Si finally makes people feel it... lā
Many people are tired of this kind of endless bottomless touting, yes, Lin Si is very powerful, and the credit is also great, but he can't talk about it every day, right?
Cangluo Continent is different from Xuanluo Continent, which is still in the slave era, there are many academies here, many of them have received college education, and they also have their own ideas and the ability to discern and judge.
There are also cults of personality, but if they go too far, they will naturally attract resentment.
And at this time, an article in the Fei Lingjing Business Daily sprinkled cold water on this false touting craze.
This article was written by Shi Qi, the crown prince and teacher of the Qianlan Kingdom back then, and now the university scholar Shi Qi who is idle at home.
This old scholar is now in his eighties, but his academic status is astonishingly high, he has compiled and written many well-known works and poems, and he has many protégés, and he is a great master in the eyes of many literati.
The articles he writes, naturally, attract attention.
The main purpose of this article is to point out that the phenomenon of over-touting Lin Si is too bad and kitsch, and the article lists the absurd fabricated facts of many newspapers recently, such as Lin Si waving his hand to the wind and rain, such as Lin Si dreaming of the enemy's actions the next day out of thin air, and then making arrangements for the dream......
For these exaggerated claims, the teacher refuted them one by one with quite reasonable arguments, which seemed quite convincing.
In addition, this article did not reprimand and ridicule Lin Si himself, and even bluntly said that this kind of touting would bring evil consequences to His Royal Highness the Northern King himself, hoping that everyone would stop this ridiculous behavior!
It stands to reason that the views of this article are still relatively fair, and at the first time it was published, although it was blindly worshiped by some people who blindly worshiped Lin Si and believed that the people in the newspaper were dissatisfied, it was also recognized by many people.
Didn't a similar thought linger in their minds? Shi Qi did indeed say what they wanted to say.
If this matter ends here, it won't have much impact on Lin Si.
It's nothing more than that people gradually discovered that Lin Si was not as magical as the newspaper depicted, after all, Shi Qi denounced those newspapers and the literati who made up nonsense behind them, and did not aim the gun at Lin Si.
In fact, the repercussions of this article at this time were not too great. After all, people's concepts cannot be easily changed in one article.
How can the support for Lin Si in the hearts of many Yueguo people be so easily reversed? This article has caused quite a stir in the academic circles of the literati circle, but many ordinary people do not care at all.
However, the next development of events was unexpected by many people.
The night after this article was sent, Shi Qi was murdered in his study, blood staining the paper roll on his desk lying on his stomach, and when his family found him, he was already out of breath.
The impact of this incident was extremely bad, and it spread extremely quickly.
One is because Shi Qi himself is not small, and he is a leading figure in the academic world of the Moon Kingdom. Second, because of the article he just posted, it also attracted the attention of some people.
Because he said something that should not be said, because he told the truth, he offended those who could not be offended, so he was retaliated against and silenced.
This is the first reaction of almost everyone who learns about this. But to be honest, at this time, the spearhead was still not directly aimed at Lin Si, and many people were suspicious of the other chamber of commerce newspapers that were reprimanded.
Lin Si's image has always been too glorious, and when this kind of dirty thing happens, people don't want to associate it with him in their hearts.
However, next, the target of their suspicion involuntarily shifted to Lin Si.
Shi Qi's family quickly chose to report to the police, demanding that the murderer be arrested as soon as possible and severely punished. But this reasonable demand has not been satisfied.
The local city lord's mansion rejected the case, bluntly saying that the impact was too great, and suggested that they report it to the higher levels.
However, when they reported to the provincial governor's palace, the Shi family was closed, and the officials from the provincial governor to the subordinate officials in charge of similar cases all found reasons to refuse to see anyone.
In this, if you want to say that there is nothing shady, the ghost doesn't believe it.
These bureaucrats are either bought off, or they just don't want to, and they don't dare to investigate!
When the story of the teacher's family came out, it immediately caused great repercussions in the academic community and the people, and made many people indignant.
Shi Qi's article is reasonable and well-founded, and it is not made up, if you are not angry, you can also refute him with the article. It is too mad to directly use this kind of murderous means to retaliate.
This kind of thing is unbearable for the vast majority of literati.
And bribing the government, suppressing this case, and letting the murderer go unpunished, this kind of thing is what countless people at the bottom hate the most.
For a while, the people of Yue Guomin were once again drawn to this murder case, and many people were waiting for the court to give an explanation.
And at this time, the Shi family had directly sued the case to the Criminal Department of Xiancheng.
Everything that happened after that made countless people almost lose their voices. Because of this case, even the Criminal Department was reluctant to accept it, and even some officials directly said it to the Shi family - His Majesty was also angry about such murders, but no one dared to investigate this case.
At this point, the answer seems to be clear!
Even the Criminal Department didn't dare to investigate, and even His Majesty could only endure his anger when nothing happened, who else could do it in the Moon Country except for that person?
Yes, that person is the number one master of the Moon Country, holding the army of the Moon Country, and he is the queen of the dynasty who is supported by him, who dares to offend him in this Moon Country?
If Her Majesty dares to punish him, I'm afraid that he will be directly removed from the throne, right?
It's just that he is too ruthless, and his mind is too narrow-minded, right? Just because Shi Qi said a few fair words and debunked the false praise, he directly put people to death, what is the difference between this kind of behavior and those tyrannical villains?
The incident has developed so far, neither Yue Luoning nor Zhou Zichuan have come forward to say anything directly.
They just created a certain situation, and then directly let the people of the Moon Kingdom guess what they thought was the answer. It's just that who knows that the reason why they can guess this answer is completely because of the guidance of the situation created by others.
And the consequences of this are extremely bad.
Of course, Shi Qi was not killed by Lin Si, and he still didn't know what was happening in the rear of the Moon Kingdom. In fact, even if he knew Shi Qi's article, I am afraid he would just laugh at it.
It's just that some things, even if they weren't done by him, will still be held on his head.
If he wasn't on the front line now, but in the Moon Country, then from the first day the wind of tout appeared, he might have directly curbed it.
But it's a pity that now he is fighting on the front line and Shu Zhan, and he is completely busy, how can he have the leisure to pay attention to some 'trivial' things in the rear?
All he receives every day is information from the scouts on the front line, who would pass on such an inconsequential matter? Even if it does, where will he have the time to care?
So, this is tantamount to giving Zhou Zichuan the opportunity to make waves and sway to his heart's content.
This inexplicable attitude of the imperial court made the incident gradually irreparable. Many people began to doubt Lin Si gradually, and even doubted whether the pro-people image he had shown over the years was fake, and whether he was behind the surface.
When suspicion arises, people instinctively look for evidence to confirm what they think. And soon, they found a lot of 'evidence'.
That's right, Lin Si is an extremely contradictory person, and it is difficult to understand.
He is the three murderers of the mainland, isn't he? Since his debut, I am afraid that the number of people he has killed with his own hands is uncountable, but in the past, the people of the Yueguo country thought that they were all enemies, so they didn't think there was anything.
But now that I think about it, how could such a man who was so murderous be a gentle and amiable person? How could he be a person who was easy to get along with?
He should be irritable and irritable, retributive, cruel and ruthless!
I mingled with the neighbors before, I'm afraid it was all deliberately pretended for the sake of image, right?
For a while, many people suddenly realized, as if they had finally discovered a big secret.
Indeed, for the big people, most of the people are stubborn that they are very complicated and urban, and they must not be superficial, and they must have engaged in a lot of unknown conspiracies behind their backs.
This kind of conjecture has existed in all dynasties. Because it was too far away for them to find out, like a mass of darkness. In the face of darkness, people instinctively fantasize about many of the most terrible and dirty sights possible.
It's just that Zhou Zichuan understands that this is still not enough!
This is still not enough to defeat Lin Si, the prestige that this person has planted in the hearts of the people of the Moon Country is too deep, where is a homicide case, which can be brought down with a little guess?
The current ending is just to make people less fanatical and blind, but to make some people start to distrust him.
In fact, there are still a large number of people in the Moon Kingdom who still insist on believing in him and supporting him as always.
In order for him to become a thousand fingers, there are still next steps.
Shi Qi's case is about to be resolved, which undoubtedly arouses the resentment of many literati and scholars, and many scholars still have a certain backbone.
On the very next day, Fei Lingjing Business Daily published a joint petition from hundreds of literati and celebrities in the Moon Kingdom, asking the imperial court to thoroughly investigate the murder case, find out the murderer and punish him severely, and give the deceased an explanation.
The wording of this petition is very fierce, but it is also very rigorous, and it does not mention Lin Si, let alone directly point out that Lin Si is the murderer. However, as soon as this petition came out, it stirred up a thousand waves like a stone, and immediately caused great repercussions.
And on the third day, the imperial court took action - banning the Fei Lingjing Business Daily.
Obviously, there are many ways, even the simplest sentence is to clarify the words, but how could Yue Luoning not know how to do it to suit her own interests?
Everyone 'understands' the intentions of the imperial court, and this is obviously the weakness of the imperial court's heart, and it is necessary to block the mouths of the people so as not to expand the impact of the incident! However, can the victims die in vain like this? This matter has been completely opened, and the mouth is gagged, can it be blocked from the hearts of the people?
At this point, it seems that it is already a collision between the 'dark forces' and the 'folk clear stream forces'.
Many literati wrote letters denouncing the dirty methods of certain people, and many students took to the streets to besiege the government to petition for the dead, even in the national capital of Xiancheng.
Many people believe that the murderer in their hearts is Lin Si, and they also know that Lin Si is fighting on the front line now, and he can't leave easily. But they stubbornly need 'justice', they have a passion, and they want justice. They feel that justice and justice are more important than war.