Chapter 166: Trouble
Quietly, a public opinion war launched a new round of warfare. First of all, the "Shushe Bao" began to fire cannons and bombarded the "Shi Zheng Bao", saying that they disregarded the way of a gentleman and favored a person who sold his reputation and reputation.
Of course, "Current Politics Daily" is not convinced, everyone is a literati writer, why is your style outstanding, and mine is not a strong style? Write a reply immediately. For a time, the two newspapers, operated by literati and using words and ink as weapons, started another round of verbal warfare. Quoting scriptures and classics, scolding people without dirty words. If you have less knowledge, I'm afraid you won't be able to understand what is being said.
These literati, with the help of Yushitai, collected Huang Xishi's poems, and found many "examples" of the so-called rebellion, such as "winning the people's voice is better than living in the city for a year", from Huang Xishi's poem "Going to Huzhou Ren", "Shushe Daily" believes that it is an insult to the emperor; "If you don't read the law, Erjun has no skills", from Huang Xishi's poem "Persuasion to Read", and "Shushe Bao" believes that it is an implication that the emperor did not strictly enforce the law; "The East China Sea knows that the tide is salty, and the tidal flats should be taught to become repulsive", from Huang Xishi's poem "Viewing the East China Sea", and "Shushe Bao" believes that Huang Xishi secretly ridiculed the former emperor for setting up official salt and salt banknotes...... There are so many of them, no less than ten places, all of which are taken out of context and insulted the Ministry of Industry.
Of course, "Shi Zheng Bao" did not do it, and scolded "Shushe Bao" for being unreasonable, and at the same time gave reasons for refuting it, copying Huang Xishi's poems in full in the newspaper, satirizing "Shushe Bao" out of context and slandering the important ministers of the dynasty.
Illiterate ordinary people are watching a lively scene; People who don't read much don't understand what they're arguing about, they just think it's amazing. Restaurant and tea shop. The one who reads the newspaper. There is a good income every day. It's all because of the people of Chang'an City. Let's all come and see the fun. Some of them are slightly knowledgeable, and they still pretend to analyze the meaning, as if they are in a good mood. These ordinary people, as if they are watching a drama, come to chase the plot every day to see where it has happened. What's more, they have begun to compile the story of the court, in the Washe. Performed.
And the main force of the scolding war racked their brains, wrote articles and edits, and tried their best to refute their opponents. It's a pity that the affairs of the court are unpredictable, how can they guess? They weren't in the court, and even if they were officials, they couldn't understand what was going on.
People who have been crawling and rolling in officialdom for several years will not wade into this troubled water, after all, officialdom is a very complex existence. Maybe you've goed to this person's wishes. It was against that person's love. The wrist is not enough, and there are not many ways. You can only protect yourself. Over time, this ambiguous attitude towards things has been enshrined as the philosophy of life in officialdom. Later, for some reason, it was associated with moderation, which ruined the noblest moral standards for thousands of years. Pathetic, alas!
And these civil officials, who believe in ideas such as "half of the treatise on language to rule the world", have raised Confucianism to a very high position, and together with the descendants of Confucius, the Confucian family has become the first family.
The consequence of praising Confucianism is that these literati have an inexplicable self-confidence, believing that their abilities are the best in the world, and no one is convinced. What's even worse is that Confucianism is only a worldview, it is not a methodology, and everyone has their own enlightenment. Some people understand the truth, but some people understand the truth, but the truth seems to be true and false. These people are not willing to be bland, and they have written books and biographies to promote their own ideas. Only in the Dashun Dynasty, from the founding of the People's Republic of China to the Hongxiang period, Confucian schools in various places have been released, such as the newly emerging Confucian Zhou Dunyi's Lianxue, Shao Yong's Xiang Mathematics, Zhang Zai's Guanxue, Cheng Hao, Cheng Yi's Luoxue, Sima Jia's Shuoxue, etc., showing the situation of each person saying their own doctrine, and no one is convinced.
It is precisely because of this contradiction that there will be no shortage of arguments among scholars. Everyone thinks that they understand the true Confucian truth, so naturally they cannot listen to other doctrines. Believers of all schools are scholars, so how can there be fewer arguments between scholars? The appearance of newspapers was just a chance meeting that provided them with a place for debate.
And on the second day, the "Shushe Bao" began to exert its strength, inviting the same people to start a debate with the talents of the "Shi Zheng Bao" in front of the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites commented on who won and who lost.
As soon as this move came out, "Shi Zheng Bao" was not to be outdone, and also issued a war letter to "Shushe Bao".
After Lu Chengqi received the secret report from the Supervision Department, he spread out the newspaper and looked at it, and was shocked when he saw it, and said secretly: "Is this an accidental incident, or does someone have the intention to provoke?" ”
But in any case, it is necessary to stop the development of the situation, and even if the mastermind behind it cannot be caught, the situation cannot be allowed to develop like this. Lu Chengqi finally showed his domineering side, and immediately issued an order for the inspectors to recover the newspapers they had issued, and they were not allowed to leave Chang'an City. At the same time, the two newspapers were closed in order to arrest the writers. At the same time, the inspectors waited at the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and when they saw those who spread rumors, they were all arrested and imprisoned.
The state apparatus, at this time, began to exert its strength. On the second day, many scholars came to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites, and before they could start a debate, they pressed the inspector to the ground.
A scholar with a lot of "style" said angrily: "You lackeys, can you seal the mouth of the rest of the people, how can you seal the mouths of the people of the world?" The rest of the people shouted one after another, and the scene was chaotic for a while.
In Chang'an City, how many years has there been such a mess? The people can't remember clearly, the last time was during the period of the first emperor, caused by a big rage, and the whole city was panicked. Now once Lu Chengqi exerts his power, he has changed his appearance. It is said that the power of heaven is unpredictable, Lu Chengqi endured it for so long, and finally showed his fangs.
It's a pity that Lu Chengqi's movements are still too slow, some newspapers have already flowed out of Chang'an City, and even some printing workshops outside the city are still secretly printing, which Lu Chengqi did not expect.
A day later, the entire territory of Dashun was discussing this topic, and it was not that the saint was extremely angry, and the Xiucai who made trouble in front of the yamen of the Ministry of Rites was arrested, and he might suffer from the pain of flesh and skin.
The rumors became more and more distorted, and there was even a statement that Lu Chengqi was dissatisfied with the scholars and wanted to suppress the status of the readers. For a time, everyone in Dashun was panicked, and they would be suspicious of such rumors. After all, Lu Chengqi vigorously promoted the status of martial artists, merchants, craftsmen, etc., and scholars had long had a sense of insecurity. Now that something like this has happened, what reader doesn't have a thorn in his heart? It's no wonder that there is a market for rumors.
For a while, the grass and trees in Chang'an City were full of soldiers, and all the talents and lifters did not dare to be too presumptuous. Previously, Lu Chengqi ordered not to use his words to judge crimes, and no one mentioned it again. After all, if you commit the majesty of heaven and punish you for a crime, where can you debate? (To be continued.) )