Zhao Ji was a little confused, "Why are he a scholar without an official position?"

"Because the owner of "Wenquxing" is Kaifeng's common man Zhao Xiaoyi," Wu Haogu smiled, "How can a common man drive officials?"

There is no need for officials, of course it is for the sake of making Wu Haogu manipulation! If all the editors of "Wenquxing" were famous outside Donghuamen, who would be able to manage finance, Wu Haogu, a businessman? At that time, wouldn't "Wenquxing" that Wu Haogu worked hard to build will become someone else's mouthpiece?

Moreover, if you use officials, the magazine "Wenquxing" will become a lifeless yamen, with officials with mixed qualifications on the top and officials with mixed life on the bottom. How can you be the mouthpiece of capitalism?

However, this reason is not convenient to talk to Zhao Ji, so he used "Kaifeng civilian Zhao Xiaoyi" as an excuse.

"And," Wu Haogu said again, "The purpose of Zhao Xiaoyi's opening of the "Wenquxing" magazine was to compete with civil officials for the sake of clear-cut litigation. How could he hand over "Wenquxing" to civil officials?"

"Wenquxing" is used to fight for the right to speak with the new and old parties!

The power of speaking was not a small power in the Song Dynasty, because the political struggles in the Song Dynasty basically did not use any weapons, and they were all bombarded with their mouths.

Wu Haogu is a military officer, and he also needs a military officer to make money, so it is impossible to compete with the civil servant to discuss with him, but he is not a Qingliu at all!

In this case, Wu Haogu had to start a new business and use public opinion to fight against Qingliu Logistics.

If the public opinion wants to fight against Qingliu in the officialdom, of course, it must have a protective umbrella that can resist the pressure of the government. Wu Haogu himself cannot do it. He really dares to speak Qingliu and will be mobilized to Haizhou to eat rice sooner or later. But Zhao Xiaoyi is not afraid!

When he talks randomly, it was Zhao Xiaoyi, a civil servant in Kaifeng, but whoever wants to seize and arrest people is Zhao Ji, an official from the Song Dynasty!

"Okay!" Zhao Ji was finally completely blinded by the villain Wu Haogu, and he couldn't think of anything else to drive Empress Meng out with justification and let his dear sister-in-law Empress Liu be the empress dowager.

"Just as Dalang said!" Zhao Ji laughed, "I will not use the "Wenquxing" magazine of the Republican Travel for 900,000 yuan. It will cost you 100,000 yuan in a cheap price. It is considered to be the money Zhao Xiaoyi bought "Wenquxing"."

The commercial value of "Wenquxing" magazine is of course more than 100,000 yuan, but once this magazine completes its transformation to a magazine of "news and political commentary", its commercial value will plummet due to political risks. So even if Zhao Ji doesn't pay a penny and Wu Haogu pays for the money himself, he must give "Wenquxing" to Zhao Xiaoyi.

"As for how to run "Wenquxing" after it is returned to Zhao Xiaoyi," Zhao Ji said, "Dalang, you set a policy and I will hand it over when I go to inspect the Qionglin Palace in two or three days."

"I obey the order."

Zhao Ji said again: "Dalang, Cai Jing proposed that you be appointed as the director of Jiehe Maritime Bureau for a long time. Are you willing?"

"I can't ask for it." Wu Haogu had known this for a long time. Cai Jing, a loyal minister, still wants to form a loyal party with his family!

Zhao Ji also said: "If you want to do it, from next year, Jiehe Maritime Shipping Bureau will pay 100,000 yuan to the court annually."

"No problem." Wu Haogu replied.

"Okay, Dalang is indeed the saint of financial management!" Zhao Ji smiled, "Then I will ask the Secretariat to recruit you tomorrow, so that you can send you the Jiehe Shibo Department... Your martial arts official should be promoted, and you will be given a deputy envoy to visit the guest house."

"I thank Your Majesty for your kindness." Wu Haogu hurriedly bowed and thanked.

Although Zhao Ji's deputy envoy was also a military officer rank of seventh rank, he was much bigger than the previous deputy envoy of the East Side Sect. The previous deputy envoy of the East Side Sect was the 33rd among the 52 martial rank officials, while the deputy envoy of the Visitors was the 28th rank official, which was equivalent to transferring 5 officials to Wu Haogu at one time.

Considering Wu Haogu’s current age, being able to become a military officer of this level is actually a rocket-like promotion speed.

...

"The deputy envoy of the Guest Province, with the imperial equipment, Quanfa sent the Jiehe Shibo Department... Haha, he is really a young man!"

In the mansion of the Censor General Zhao Tingzhi, Li Qingzhao's old man Zhao Tingzhi was probably one of the first court officials to learn that Wu Haogu was going to be promoted again.

The internal news was that after Wu Haogu left Yanfu Palace, his son Zhao Mingcheng, he immediately summoned several main persons in charge of "Wenquxing" magazine, informed him of the news that the magazine would be sold to Zhao Xiaoyi, and also said that he was about to be promoted.

"Father," Zhao Mingcheng said again, "Wu Dalang also said that the "Wenquxing" magazine will be sold to Zhao Xiaoyi, and will no longer hire editors and chief editors with official positions in the future."

This regulation has no effect on Zhao Mingcheng and Hou Zhongliang at the moment, because neither of them has an official position.

"Zhao Xiaoyi? That's..." Zhao Tingzhi frowned.

"It's the official!" Zhao Mingcheng replied.

Zhao Tingzhi frowned. He didn't care much about the magazine "Wenquxing" at the beginning. "Wenquxing" was based on the imperial examinations, and it could even be said to be a magazine for the imperial examinations.

Until a few months ago, when his son Zhao Mingcheng and the nerd Hou Zhongliang, a former party nerd, started a forum to discuss the military system in Wenquxing, and proposed the principles for practical testing of authenticity and falsity, Zhao Tingzhi didn't care much about it.

Because he didn't believe that Wu Haogu dared to use his own money-selling magazine to attack the new party's new policy. This is a major policy of the court. No matter whether it is right or wrong, it is not something that Wu Haogu can argue with a clerk.

But what Wu Haogu cannot say, what Kaifeng civil servant Zhao Xiaoyi can say!

"What do he want to do?" Zhao Tingzhi's brows were already twisted.

"Who? Is it an official?" Zhao Mingcheng asked.

Zhao Tingzhi asked Wu Haogu, but after hearing what his son said, he looked at his son and asked, "Do you know what the official family is thinking?"

Zhao Mingcheng replied: "I know something."

Zhao Tingzhi immediately asked: "Then let's talk."

"The official wants to abolish the queen!"

"What the hell?" Zhao Tingzhi stared at his eyes, "The official family is going to depose Queen Wang?"

"It's not Queen Wang, it's Queen Meng."

"Empress Meng?" Zhao Tingzhi blinked his old eyes, "Empress Yuanyou? Where did she provoke the official family?"

Although Zhao Tingzhi didn't like to marry Empress Meng, who was the old party, he never tried to depose her again. Empress Meng was the late empress. Even if she was eating a meal in the palace, there was not much difference between being abolished or not.

"It seems that the officials dreamed of the late emperor..."

"Dream of the late emperor?" Zhao Tingzhi was confused when he heard this. What is the reason?

Zhao Tingzhi thought for a while, "Defu, where did you hear the news that the queen is going to be deposed?"

"It was the words spoken by the official family." Zhao Mingcheng said, "The official family said that he dreamed that the late emperor blamed him for greeting Empress Meng and treated Empress Liu badly."

Zhao Mingcheng is also one of Zhao Ji's confidants, so he also heard from Zhao Ji about dreams.

"How could there be such a dream?" Zhao Tingzhi shook his head, "Then this Empress Meng is too unlucky... By the way, does your wife know about this?"

"It shouldn't be known," Zhao Mingcheng was not sure, "my son hadn't told her."

"Then don't say it!" Zhao Tingzhi ordered, "Don't tell anyone... This matter may cause another court dispute."

Zhao Tingzhi thought for a while, "By the way, are there anyone in the Imperial College who is talking about the Lu Benzhi case and the fire in the northern military camp in the past two days?"

Zhao Mingcheng is a student of the Imperial College, but he only used his spare time to write a few articles on "Wenquxing" and wrote a name for the main writer.

There is a reason why Zhao Tingzhi asked about the discussion in the Imperial College, because there were no newspapers and no Internet in this era, and public opinion almost did not exist, and no one cared about it. What existed was the Qingliu Logistics discussion. The most unbridled ones in the Qingliu Logistics are of course the students of the Imperial College, the Tai students and the Wu students.

These "three students" gather together on weekdays, and in addition to talking about articles, poetry and essays, they also discuss current affairs news and the general trend of the world.

The just-occurred arson case in Zhoubei Daying and the incident of Lu Benzhi's death and injustice on behalf of his father were naturally the focus of discussion among the three students.

"There are some." Zhao Mingcheng frowned, "The scholars in Kaifeng Prefecture all said that Lu Benzhi was a filial son and was wronged. There must be dark stories in the fire in the northern military camp of the state."

Zhao Tingzhi asked: "Did they tell me who is behind the scenes?"

"Everyone said it was Wu Haogu," Zhao Mingcheng frowned, "Dad, do you think that fire was released by Wu Haogu?"

Zhao Tingzhi just smiled, "Who else can do such a thing except him?"

The public opinion in the "Three Studies" that was not conducive to Wu Haogu was not just the result of the scholars' imagination, but was deliberately guided by the New Party.

Liu Kui, the current Imperial College Supervisor, is Lu Jiawen's son-in-law and Lu Benzhi's brother-in-law!

...

When Liu Kui, the Imperial College Supervisor, returned to his mansion, the first thing he did was to visit Lu Jia, who was recuperating from the sick.

The prison disaster and the pain of losing his son made Lu Jia ask him as if he was ten years old. His body, which was originally tough, collapsed halfway. When he heard the news of his son's death in the Censorate Prison, he fainted at that time. He finally woke up and fell ill. His heart was always painful, and he was dizzy, and he had hallucinations from time to time, and he was talking nonsense...

"My son died so miserably. The surname Zhao, you are too cruel..."

When Liu Kui walked to the backyard, Lu Jiawen's house where he was recuperating, Lu Jiawen started talking nonsense again. Lu Ben knew that he was obviously killed by the villain Wu Haogu, so why did his father-in-law always scold "the surname Zhao"?

Who is the surname Zhao? It seems that there is only one person named Zhao Zhong beside Wu Haogu, but that rash man is still practicing troops in Cangzhou.

Shaking his head, Liu Kui pushed the door and walked into the main hall where Lu Jiawen was ill. He saw his wife, Lu, sitting next to Lu Jiawen's sick bed, wiping tears. Lu Jiawen's face was as haggard as he was lying on the bed, looking at the ceiling with dull eyes and talking nonsense in his mouth...

"My son, you died unjustly. You can't avenge you for your father. I feel so miserable for you!"
Chapter completed!