The Li Yanchang case had a great impact on the entire Manchu Qing Dynasty. The folk legend of the pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info is spreading more and more widely, causing more and more people to inquire about the ins and outs of this matter.

There are no impermeable walls. The origin of Li Yanchang's case was first disclosed from the "Nanfang Daily," and somehow it spread out. So, everyone looked around for that issue of "Nanfang Daily", and sure enough, they found the content of the disclosure.

Immediately afterwards, the latest issue of the "Nanfang Daily", which did not know where the source came from, disclosed the results of the Qing court's investigation, and disclosed the embezzlement and disaster relief situation in Kaifeng, Weihui, Zhangde, Henan, Ruzhou, Xuzhou, Nanyang, Shaanxi, and other prefectures in southern Henan.

Now, "Nanfang Daily" has become the most sought-after treasure. Not only did the scholars and squires in the state capitals and counties take pride in owning a newspaper called Nanfang Daily, but even among the countryside, illiterate people inquired about newspapers from Guangzhou.

However, the circulation of the "Southern Daily" was not large, and in the north, it was even rarer. In particular, in the Central Plains and Jingshi, far away from Guangzhou and the Shengguo Autonomous Region, the only newspapers were purchased at high prices from the border areas such as Munan and Chixi, and then carried by the merchants or post station messengers.

For a time, the "Nanfang Daily" became famous, and the scholars and gentry in the Manchu ruled areas paid attention to this well-informed and up-to-date newspaper.

With the propaganda of readers from all over the country, the information and concepts in the "Nanfang Daily" have also entered the countryside, and although many people say that the "Nanfang Daily" is run by Cantonese thieves and is a forbidden thing, they are privately attracted, amazed, and impressed by the contents of the newspaper.

When the government found out and announced the ban on Nanfang Daily, the newspaper was already deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and it was difficult to ban it. The high prices and high profits of newspapers on the black market have also pushed people from all walks of life to continue to promote newspapers to the north from private channels.

The well-informed rural people in the Manchu ruling area, after learning about the embezzlement of disaster relief money by the Manchu and southern provinces from the "Nanfang Daily" that they did not know how to get it, lamented the darkness of the Qing court's official government, told that nine out of ten officials were greedy, and were very disappointed in the Qing court.

With the natural environment and weak natural resistance of that era, how many areas would have been completely free of natural disasters before?

Thinking of all kinds of disasters in the past, they thought that maybe the imperial court had already allocated disaster relief money and food, but it didn't reach their own hands, and it must have been swallowed up by these corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

As a result, for a time, the credibility of the local government of the Manchu Qing Dynasty was completely lost, and the reputation of the officials fell to the extreme.

In addition, the "Nanfang Daily" publicized how the Holy King's Palace, under the leadership of the Holy King, provided relief to the victims. The newspaper directly states the level of the disaster and the amount of relief that the victims should receive according to the level of damage.

On the one hand, the disaster was severe, but the disaster relief was not much, and it was embezzled again and again, and the officials were hungry like wolves and tigers; On the one hand, it was also seriously affected, but it was active in disaster relief, and directly found that the grain was in the hands of the villagers, and the officials sent it to the villages. Which is better and which is bad, the villagers immediately understand when they hear it in the newspaper.

As a result, although the villagers in the Manchu ruled area did not say anything, they privately discussed the goodness of the Holy Kingdom's ruling area, and although they did not move away from their hometowns and join the Holy Kingdom, they were also dissatisfied and complained.

It's just these, how could Emperor Xianfeng, who was deep in the palace, know?

Not to mention him, even those governors and Taoists are sitting high in the yamen, and it is difficult for ordinary people to touch, even if the people meet him, they have to bow and salute, how can they dig their hearts to reflect the problem?

They did not expect that there was still a propaganda media in the world, and for the first time, the trend of public opinion among the people, which was controlled by the imperial power, had changed, and it was controlled by a traitor's newspaper.

At the same time, the area ruled by the Holy Kingdom was a different story.

The people of the Holy Country, especially the victims who received relief food from the Holy King's Mansion after the disaster in Guangxi, naturally sighed about their luck and were glad that they lived in the Holy Country, otherwise they would sell their sons and abandon their daughters and starve to death like the victims in Henan.

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Youjia Village, at the foot of Nanxi Mountain, three miles south of Guilin City.

Early in the morning, You Langli, who was already twenty-four or five years old, got up excitedly.

Today is the most important day of his life!

That is, he is going to get married and get married!

The bride is from Majia Village next door, and her family background is acceptable.

The six ceremonies of marriage: Nacai, asking for names, Najib, Nazheng, and invitation, they have completed the previous five ceremonies, and today is the last step: personal welcome. But it is You Langli, who needs to be the groom, to represent the You family and marry the bride into the house.

Think about it, how can you not get excited?!

A year ago, he You Langli, his younger brother You Romance and the blind old lady, a family of three, were still barely making ends meet.

Every day before dawn, he would get up and run to the Li River not far away to collect nets and fish.

You Langli has a weak personality, and he is honest, but he is just a brute force, so he can only do some heavy work to subsidize his family.

The water on the Li River is too clear, and the water of the Li River is not deep, so there are not many fish, and along the river, many poor villagers are staring at the fish in the river, and there are too many fishermen.

You Langli worked hard for a day, and three or four fishing nets kept casting nets to collect the nets, but he could only catch one or twenty catties of fish, which was not worth dozens of copper coins.

Moreover, every evening when fish is sold in the city, the city guards will be charged 5 yuan to enter the city after passing through the city gate, which is because he is the preferential price given by the locals who have to enter and exit every day. In addition, he was levied a 10 Wen Merchant Tax in the city market, so he couldn't sell it for much money in a day.

But let yourself eat, and I can't bear it. The fish he worked hard to catch, but half of the family's income had to be exchanged for copper money to buy rice, which was used to fill the stomach of a family of three.

When the fish were sold, it was already dark, and he had to turn on the lantern again, and hurriedly ran back to the Li River, found a remote place to lay the fishing nets in the dark, and came to collect the nets early the next morning.

And so the days repeated.

But even with such hard work day after day, he still can't support his family.

Because, fishing nets cost a lot of money, and the tung oil of Ma Deng also needs money to buy, and the fish he catches are not stable, sometimes, at the end of a day, it may be less than four or five catties.

So, the blind old mother at home is not in good health, and her waist often hurts, but in order to subsidize the family, she has to help large families in Guilin wash clothes and earn a few pocket money.

The younger brother is especially romantic, who is on the barren river beach on the edge of the Li River, opening two acres of barren land, and barely planting some crops such as sweet potatoes that grow quickly and are not afraid of flooding, as auxiliary staple food for the family.

But such a wasteland was either flooded by the rising Li River, or by the nearby squires or the village lords who found a few servants and forcibly took the land. Because, they colluded with the officials to get the title deed stamped with the official seal from the yamen.

But now, that's all changed!

The hard days of the past are gone forever!

You Lang got up and opened the door of his small courtyard. Take a breath of fresh morning air and be happy: a good day!

Think about the sadness of a year ago, and then look at the fact that now, I have become an old bachelor, and I can actually marry the little lady of the Ma family. You Langli couldn't help but smile at the corner of his mouth, life is really sweet like honey now.

"Boss, you got up so early? This kid, so excited, didn't sleep last night. Alas, it's no wonder you're so excited, you're 23 years old, and you don't have a daughter-in-law yet. It's all to blame for my mother, my family was too poor to tell you about my family! But it was You Mu who heard the sound of You Langli getting up and moving, so she became verbose again.

You Langli also felt strange, the old lady who used to be taciturn, since last year, as the conditions at home have slowly improved and her life has improved, she has gradually talked more.

However, even if there are many words, I am happy to listen to them.

"Mother, why did you wake up so early and stop sleeping?" You Langli is filial, since his younger brother You Romantic joined the army, he is in charge of the family inside and out, and, as the days get better day by day, he no longer lets the invisible old lady wash clothes.

"Hey, my mother is old, wake up early! Besides, today is my son's big day, and the mother is also very happy, get up early, go and invite those aunts and aunts in the village to help decorate the house and welcome her daughter-in-law into the house. You Mu's voice was full of joy.

"Mother, you have worked hard all these years! Pulling my brother and me up with hard work. In the future, you can sit and enjoy your happiness, and your son will be filial to you. ”

"Hey! Ay! With my son's words, mother, it's sweeter than eating honey! ”

"Then, mother, I'll go out first." You Langli said hello.

"Okay! I'll hurry up. Oh, you can also bring the five taels of silver at home, and then call your companions, go to the city first, and then buy some gifts. The sedan chair and the team to welcome the relatives, the mother has already asked your fifth uncle to invite you, and the money has been paid, so you don't have to pay it anymore. Mother You was still chattering.

You Langli responded casually and walked out of the courtyard. (To be continued.) )