Chapter 168: The helplessness of the imperial court

On the most lively street in Bianliang City, Hu Tong walked leisurely towards the natural teahouse.

"Mr. Hu, how is the Principles of Ethics?"

"Old Hu, can you reveal the ethical principles of Gongzi Qin?"

From time to time, there were respectful greetings from acquaintances, Hu Tong replied with a smile, and he was very emotional, before he was hired as the director of this Bianliang newspaper, although he Hu Tong also knew a lot of people, but the reason why everyone was polite to him was only because his sister was the concubine of Lord Zhang Shiren, and he was very disdainful of him Hu Tong in private.

But Qin Xianao was found by Qin Xianao, and after becoming the general agent of the newspaper in Bianliang City, everything changed.

The eyes of Hu Tong are different one by one, no longer because he Hu Tong's sister is a concubine and respects him, but really respects him from the heart, especially this time when the democracy movement overthrows the emperor, he Hu Tong is imprisoned and re-sees the light of day, and his fame has reached a higher level.

Therefore, Hu Tong has nothing to do to stay at home, and he can't help but walk on the street when he has free time.

Natural Tea House.

Hu Tong sat by the east window, and the boss of the natural house personally served him.

"Old Hu, the "Principles of Ethics" will be released soon, can you reveal in advance the characteristics of the book, such as how many words there are?"

"The rest assured of the shopkeeper Wang will not let you down. ”

When he thought of "Principles of Ethics", Hu Tong's eyes narrowed with laughter, because of his work, he had already read the book "Principles of Ethics", and it was three days ago when he read it, but when he thought of reading the book, his heart was shocked, and Hu Tong still remembers it vividly.

"I have also read the Four Books and Five Classics of Confucianism, and the more I read a copy of the Analects, the more I feel that it is endless, but the Principles of Ethics is completely different, and such a book can really only be written by immortals. Hu Tong sighed in his heart. Reading the Confucian classics feels like an old man's admonition to you, some of which are the aphorisms of old experience, which sound beautiful, but you often have to reach that level to really understand.

And "Principles of Ethics" is like a wise man, who may not have the experience of age. However, with the wisdom of peeling off the cocoon, he can see everything clearly and analyze it for you.

The maxim of experience does not work once the external environment changes.

However, the origin is clear, but no matter how the environment changes, it can be practical.

"The Principles of Ethics are the source of experience, but the source is internal, and there seems to be no big difference. In fact, it is heaven and earth. ”

Hu Tong thought about it and looked at the shopkeeper with a smile: "Shopkeeper Wang, Gongzi Qin preaches that we learn from the Immortal Country, and the Immortal Kingdom is actually nothing, just one word 'serious' and one word 'stupid'." ”

"Stupid?" the shopkeeper Wang's eyes widened.

"That's right, it's a stupid way to study. Hu Tong smiled and pointed to the teapot in front of him and said, "Just like this pot of tea, why do we drink tea? Why do we use boiling water to brew tea? Maybe we think that only fools would ask these questions." And the Immortal Kingdom is actually such a fool, and many people think about such useless questions. And I have been studying it all my life. ”

"Ah!" Shopkeeper Wang blinked and gave Hu Tong a thumbs up, "Old Hu, what you said is unfathomable, and Wang probably can't understand it." ”

Hu Tong smiled slightly: "The shopkeeper doesn't have to worry, I just repeat what Qin Gongzi said to me, and I don't understand these either." Huh?" Hu Tong looked outside.

"Sell newspapers, sell newspapers!" a crisp child's voice sounded.

Shopkeeper Wang also looked outside in surprise, and then turned his head to look at Hu Tong: "Old Hu, didn't you say that the newspaper distribution has returned to the speed before the fall of the emperor?

"No, the next issue of the newspaper won't be published for two days. This newspaper ......" Hu Tong frowned slightly, and then raised his eyebrows: "Wouldn't it be okay to go down and buy a copy." He stood up.

"Old Hu, how can I let you go, I'll buy it for you. The shopkeeper Wang said repeatedly, and beckoned Tian Cha to go down to buy newspapers, and soon the newspapers were delivered to the two of them.

"This newspaper?" Hu Tong opened the newspaper in his hand, his eyes were strange, and he saw lines of text, all of which were the size of soybeans, with beautiful handwriting, all arranged vertically.

"Flyy little guy?"

"Hand-copied, Hu Lao, this is not your newspaper. The shopkeeper said. Hu Tong nodded, the first line of this newspaper reads "Truth Handmade Newspaper" in five square inch letters, and the words are all copied with a brush. Hu Tonglian watched the content carefully, and then he understood.

"They made it, no wonder!"

......

On the third day after Qin Xianao published a notice in the newspaper that he would publish "Principles of Ethics", Chao Shuozhi founded Pravda in Tokyo and issued the first issue of the Truth Handicraft Newspaper, which is different from the New Youth Daily, all the words of the Truth Handicraft Newspaper are manually copied, and the articles are semi-vernacular and semi-literary, and its length is also very short, and the whole newspaper has only a few articles, and the total number of the whole newspaper is less than one-tenth of that of the New Youth Daily.

The first article published in this first issue of Pravda was "The Circular of the Principles of Ethics", which was written by a man named 'Mr. Kiyogen'.

"Mr. Qin published "Theory of Tools" in the name of the Immortal Kingdom, and as soon as this book was published, it caused widespread controversy......"

"However, the people in the world have been disappointed, but Qin Gongzi announced that he would publish "Principles of Ethics", something is abnormal, there must be demons, ......where are the demons here?"

Yu Yi thought that he had ten suspicions:"

"One, the timing is not right......"

"Gongzi Qin has always been competitive, and he regards his reputation as his life, especially the books of the Immortal Kingdom are his father's last ......"

......

Through various analyses in the article, such as Qin Xianao, when Han Jiang and Sun Gu attacked "Theory of Tools", he did not respond immediately, and then repeatedly diverted the attention of others, since the books of the Immortal Kingdom are from the Immortal Country, Qin Xianao can throw them out at any time, why does it always take time...... and so on, and finally came to the conclusion that "Principles of Ethics" is a big scam, and even if it is thrown out, it will inevitably not fully meet the academic requirements of "Tool Theory".

In addition to the 'Mr. Qingyuan' article, the next few articles are all written in response to Qin Xianao's "Principles of Ethics" announcement, and the general meaning is also to criticize that "Principles of Ethics" must be wrong.

As soon as this issue of the newspaper came out, the scholar class, especially the top scholar class, some big gentry. The big family, the people in the martial arts world all understood.

"Sima Guang has made a move!"

"The imperial court finally can't help but start running a newspaper too!"

"It's really conditional, and if there is no condition, you have to create conditions, without the printing technology of Qin Xianao Newspaper, it actually ...... Copy ...... by hand"

......

It is naturally not possible to copy a newspaper by hand, but if the requirements for this newspaper are lowered. It is still possible to reduce the circulation of only a few thousand copies to a few thousand copies in Tokyo, plus to have enough financial resources to hire people to copy them by hand, and there is no need to have a large circulation like the New Youth Daily.

After the 'upper-class' people understood it, they were also very emotional.

"They can't help themselves. ”

"Newspapers have so much influence on the people that sometimes it is difficult for the government to control. ”

"If you don't get a newspaper to compete with Qin Xianao, I'm afraid it will be difficult to sleep, but if you go on like this, ......"

Although the truth is reported by hand. But people of real insight still know that this is not the way, after all, the New Youth Daily, each issue of the normal circulation is hundreds of thousands, sometimes hundreds of thousands, millions of copies, this is only Tokyo, all parts of the country do not know how many will be issued, so that their influence can spread to most corners of the Great Song Dynasty.

And what kind of splash can thousands of copies of the Pravda Handmade Newspaper stir up in Tokyo, which has a population of more than one million?

"Three days. So many talents, 6,000 copies?" Sima Guang's face was ugly.

"Lord Sima, everyone has done their best. Without a good printing method, the New Youth Daily will not be able to fight hard and tired like this. ”

"Junshi, these three days have been spent on those newspapers, and if it goes on like this, the expenditure is not a small amount. The imperial court couldn't afford it, but it wasn't worth it, so instead of hiring people to copy newspapers, it was better to use it to study Qin Xianao's printing technology. ”

"Lord Sima, six thousand copies will be issued. There is not even a single blister rising among the people of Bianliang, I don't think there is any need to ...... again."

......

As the officials spoke, Sima Guang had a calm face, and he was helpless in his heart, they had read a belly of sage books, and now they were actually ......

"In that case...... Sima Guang's eyes flashed fiercely, "From then on, the Truth Handicraft Newspaper will be directly posted on the market like an official list." ”

"That's the only way!"

Soon, the newspaper again copied hundreds of large-print copies and posted them throughout the Tokyo market, which naturally attracted the real attention of the common people.

"What?"

"The Principles of Ethics are used to deceive people?"

"There is some truth to it, but I still support Qin Xian Ao Gongzi, when has Qin Gongzi ever disappointed?"

"Phew! It's just a fart, and it's a stinky fart, I don't think this person can see Qin Gongzi well. ”

"Who is this 'Mr. Qingyuan', and these ...... I see, this shouldn't be the grandson of the princess......"

......

Although the common people sometimes don't think much about it, sometimes they are also very good at associating, the fight between the imperial court represented by Sun Gu and Qin Xianao, they all see it in their eyes, and many people naturally think of it at this time, what kind of truth must be made by the imperial court.

As soon as this theory spread, more and more people believed this speculation.

"It's good now, the court and Gongzi Qin are fighting again!"

"They are still not convinced, and it is no wonder that they are not convinced, because this country is almost lost, and if they prove themselves wrong in the end, I am afraid they will have to vomit blood. ”

"The original version of "Principles of Ethics" has been thrown, but it's a pity that we haven't learned the fairy Chinese well, otherwise it will ......"

"yes, I wish I could come out soon!"

......

People love to be lively, and the imperial court and Qin Xianao are on their shoulders again, and the entire Tokyo people are excited, and they can't wait for the "Principles of Ethics" to be translated and released tomorrow.

Soon the next day, a new issue of the newspaper came out, and in this issue, two long-lost acquaintances appeared.

Duan Haifeng announced that he had obtained the original "Principles of Ethics" in the Chinese language of the immortals, and after reading it a little, he thought it was a peerless good book, so he would join the translation of "Principles of Ethics".

Liu Qin also announced that she would not disappoint everyone in the translation of "Principles of Ethics".

......

Duan Haifeng, Liu Qin and Qin Xianao himself, the three cattle translated "Principles of Ethics" together, and the people became more and more eager to see through it, looking forward to the advent of "Principles of Ethics". (To be continued.) )