Chapter seven hundred and ninety-two war without gunpowder (2)
Fast! It’s too fast.
Tabloids are all over the sky, centered in Hangzhou, and spreading to all directions based on foot shops. Whether you are making meat or steamed buns, they are all filled with tabloids. It is really lightning fast.
Almost all the tabloids used the incident of Qin Hui killing corrupt officials and being imprisoned as an excuse to branch out into various topics, such as the benefits of the new law to the people, the dispute between imperial power and scholar-bureaucrats, and the inside story of corrupt officials in Jiangnan. However,
The central meaning has not changed; they are all comments attacking scholars and scholar-bureaucrats.
These tabloids are like fuses, completely igniting the anger that has been simmering in the hearts of the people in Jiangnan for a long time.
The government reacted and immediately took action to suppress these tabloids, but it was too late. The tabloids and cheap food were delivered to the people, especially the poor people.
It's like a plague that can't be stopped at all.
Those officials wanted to repeat their old tricks and capture some people to knock on the mountains to shock the tigers. Unfortunately, their wishful thinking was wrong. The people hated these officials even more and went to the government in droves to demand their lives.
Out of anger for the common people, the government had no choice but to let him go.
However, this cannot be justified as the anger of the common people. You must know that since Huizong of the Song Dynasty took office, the people in Jiangnan have suffered the most. The Huagang Service and Fangla Uprising almost destroyed this treasure land of Jiangnan. The people suffered deeply and felt like they were alive.
It was like living in purgatory until Li Qi came out of the blue and persuaded Song Huizong to abolish the Yingfeng Bureau and blocked Song Huizong from transporting granite from Jiangnan. This made the situation in Jiangnan slightly eased. Unfortunately, God did not bless Jiangnan, and then
Another currency crisis broke out in Jiangnan, which undoubtedly made things worse. However, at this time, news came from the court that they wanted to revive Jiangnan at all costs, and many businessmen came to invest here, providing many employment opportunities and business opportunities. This made
The people in Jiangnan thought that they could finally clear up the clouds and see the sun, but things turned out to be the opposite. This had just begun, and the new law was strangled in the cradle.
It's ridiculous to say, maybe because of past experiences, the people in Jiangnan can bear much more than the people in other places. At first, they just sighed helplessly and accepted their fate. However, these tabloids suddenly appeared,
It immediately aroused the resonance of the people. Especially the fact that Qin Hui killed corrupt officials made them even more furious, because the corrupt officials in Jiangnan were so lawless. Any yamen official dared to go straight to people's homes and seize property, even women.
Robbers are even worse.
The people in the south of the Yangtze River hated them to the core, and they heard that their officials protected each other and framed Zhongliang. Moreover, when the tabloids published the charges of the corrupt officials executed by Qin Hui one by one, it was terrible. Each of the shocking charges,
When the common people saw this, how could they still hold back and directly point the finger at the world's scholars and the scholar-bureaucrat class?
Subsequently, the shady affairs within the scholar-official class continued one after another, and now the streets are full of abuses against scholars and scholar-officials.
Nowadays, if anyone dares to drag out articles on the street, they will be beaten to death.
The bureaucrats in Jiangnan were completely panicked and quickly wrote articles to vindicate the scholars in the world. Several classes began to engage in a public opinion war.
However, as time goes by, another new force joins the common people, that is, the children from poor families. They are all scholars, because they have not yet entered the big dye vat of official circles. They are all well-read poetry and books, and they are full of righteousness.
, they saw that the scholar-officials were slandering the scholars, so they voluntarily joined the common people and used their knowledge to fight against the scholar-officials.
With their joining, the lower class immediately grew a lot, and it can be said that they are capable of both literary and military work.
These children from poor families began to publish articles on their own to attack corrupt officials, vindicate Li Qi, Qin Hui and others, and felt unfair for the emperor. After all, they had received feudal education, and the emperor was sacred and inviolable to them. Many of them used the topic of defending imperial power in tabloids as a topic to criticize the scholar-bureaucrats.
In this war of public opinion, many poor scholars became famous, which also greatly inspired them, and their writing became even sharper.
In this public opinion war, it was not Li Qi or Qin Hui who benefited the most, but Song Huizong. He instantly transformed from the source of the virus to an object of sympathy and praise. In fact, this was all premeditated by Li Qi. , only in this way will Song Huizong stand more firmly on his side.
Hangzhou, Changhua County. At this time, a rural examination is taking place here, which many children from poor families have been waiting for.
However, not long after this started, someone suddenly stood up.
The invigilator pointed at him and said, "Hey, hey, what are you doing?"
The scholar said proudly: "I won't take the exam. Today's officials stink more than dog shit. Be an official? Haha, I might as well become a farmer. At least the farmer won't be scolded when walking on the street. I left." He threw the brush on the table and strode outside.
After hearing this, the invigilator thought that it was alright. If I was scolding an official in front of an official, what was the authority of the official? He immediately roared: "Come here, let me take him down."
Swish, swish, swish!
All the candidates in the examination room stood up at the same time.
The examiner shrank his head in fright and said, "You--what do you want to do?"
"It's okay if you don't do this as an official."
"That's right, the officialdom is so dark, and we don't want to become ruthless."
"I won't take the exam either."
"Let's go, no more exams."
The invigilator had lived for most of his life, and this was the first time he encountered such a thing. He slumped down on his chair and stared blankly at the backs of the candidates leaving. After a long time, he couldn't believe the facts in front of him.
However, this is just a microcosm of Jiangnan.
The second wave of tabloids quietly came, and this time the content was even simpler and cruder. It was a list of all the Jiangnan bureaucrats who had petitioned to impeach Qin Hui.
This is undoubtedly a guiding light, allowing the people who have nowhere to vent to finally find a real goal, and it is no longer just empty talk.
At midnight that day, in front of a small attic in Chengnei, Hangzhou, the door opened from the inside with a creak, and a pretty woman walked out holding a lantern, followed by two maids. , I smelled a foul smell.
The woman quickly covered her mouth and took a lantern to shine on the door. But when she saw that it was covered with feces, she was so frightened that the woman screamed and shouted: "My lord, my lord---"
Soon, an unhappy voice came from inside, "What are you yelling for? It would be terrible if that tigress knew I was here again."
Before he finished speaking, another middle-aged man with a big belly walked out staggeringly while wearing clothes, "What is it? It stinks so much?"
"Sir, look quickly, look quickly."
The woman pointed at the door and shouted urgently.
The middle-aged man turned around and took a few steps back in fright. Then he rushed forward angrily and roared: "Who the hell did this? How dare you cause trouble on my head? If you have the ability, give it to me." Please stand up."
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard the sound of rapid footsteps.
I saw seven or eight masked men rushing over with buckets. The man said in horror: "You---what are you---."
The word "person" was not spoken out, only a few splashes were heard, and unknown foreign objects fell from the sky. The man's whole body was instantly soaked, and even the women were not spared.
"Yeah! It's feces!"
"vomit!"
The man just reacted, smelled the stench on his body, and vomited it out.
The masked men threw feces. Without saying a word, they quickly dispersed around and disappeared into the dark night. Only a few hearty laughter could be faintly heard.
...
The next morning.
Bang bang bang!
Zheng Yi had just finished washing when he suddenly heard a fierce knock on the door. He felt curious and asked: "Who is it?"
A rather majestic voice came from outside, "It's me."
Zheng Yi raised his eyebrows and stepped forward to open the door. He saw a man with a big belly standing in front of the door and said in surprise: "It turns out to be Yu Zhizhou, please come in quickly."
This man is exactly the one who was splashed with feces last night. He is also the prefect of Hangzhou, Yu Ming said.
Yu Mingdao entered the house without saying a word, suddenly picked up a piece of paper and said, "Zheng Tongpan, how do you explain this matter?"
Zheng Yi took the paper and looked at it. It was the list of those who wanted to impeach Qin Hui. He twitched the corners of his mouth a few times and said, "Oh, I already read this list yesterday."
"Yesterday?"
Yu Mingdao hummed, "I don't think so."
Zheng Yi said calmly: "Then I wonder what Yu Zhizhou means by this?"
Yu Mingdao glanced at him sideways and said: "The people who can get this list are definitely not just ordinary people. The people in Hangzhou who have this ability can be counted on one hand."
Zheng Yidao: "If Yu Zhizhou is here, I have been in Hangzhou all the time. Even if I have this ability, I can't get it!"
Yu Mingdao walked up to Zheng Yi, gritted his teeth and said, "Just because you can't get it, doesn't mean that the cook can't get it either. I know that you have a close relationship with that cook, and there are also the recent rumors. Are you also involved?"
Zheng Yi suddenly smelled an unpleasant smell, took two steps back, covered his nose and said: "Yu Zhizhou, you are clearly framing me. You must know that our Zheng family is also a victim of this public opinion.
, am I pushing my own family into a pit of fire? Humph, it’s really unreasonable.”
Yu Mingdao was furious when he saw his action, but after hearing what he said was reasonable, he hesitated in his eyes and said: "If it's not Tongjian's fault, then that's the best. If it is, huh, then don't blame me."
I don’t show mercy.”
At this moment, Bai Qiannuo's voice suddenly sounded outside, "Second brother, second brother."
In a moment, Bai Qiannuo ran in from outside the door and said to Zheng Yi with excitement: "Second brother, I just heard someone say that---."
Zheng Yi coughed slightly, and Bai Qiannuo turned around to look, immediately put back what he was saying, and bowed politely to Yu Mingdao.
Although Bai Qiannuo was disguised as a woman, he was still in the name of his brother. In other words, he was still Bai Shizhong's son. Yu Mingdao did not dare to offend her, so he nodded lightly, flicked his sleeves, and then
Strided out.
After he left, Bai Qiannuo stuck out her sweet tongue and whispered a few words to Zheng Yi.
After hearing this, Zheng Yi didn't know whether to laugh or cry, and said: "No wonder I smelled a strange smell on him just now. It turned out that someone had excrement thrown on him. It's really disgusting. I'm afraid I won't be able to eat breakfast today."
...
Beijing.
Li Qi was sweating profusely, closed his eyes tightly, and looked extremely nervous. He rubbed a wooden block hard with his thumb and kept chanting in his mouth: "Little bird, little bird, I want a little bird."
Mrs. Qin, Feng Yinu, Li Shishi and other beauties couldn't help laughing when they saw him like this.
"Wow, haha, what a little bird. The thirteenth one touched it on his own. Oh, I am finally proud of myself after losing for a month. I turned around." Li Qi turned over the wooden block in his hand and laughed.
At this moment, Aunt Chen suddenly walked in in a hurry and said: "Master Li, there is someone looking for you outside."
"No, no, don't you see I'm winning money?"
"It's Commander Niu. He said he has something urgent and needs to see the Lord."
Li Qi's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he said to Feng Yinu and the other girls: "Don't run away, I'll be right back." As he said that, he hurried towards the front yard.
In the front yard, when Niu Gao saw Li Qi coming, he quickly stepped forward and saluted: "Commander Bu, there is a letter from Jiangnan."
"Bring it here."
"yes."
Li Qi took the letter and said, "Go back. Oh, please call me Master Li."
Niu Gao nodded and said: "Yes, Master Li, I will leave first."
"Don't worry!" Li Qi opened the letter, looked at it, and said with a smile: "Yeah, it finally started." He said and shouted hurriedly: "Anan, Anan."
"Brother, I'm here." Chen Anan walked in quickly.
"Go and notify Xiaoyu and Uncle Wu immediately. The group company will be closed tomorrow and you can let some people out."
"ah?"
"Ah, what, go quickly. I'm going back to play mahjong."
After saying that, Li Qi ran towards the backyard in a hurry, but when he came to the backyard, he saw half a person. After being stunned for a moment, he jumped up in anger and said: "Damn! I've been a month."
It’s my first time to win money, and you guys defaulted on it. It’s just outrageous. It’s so abominable. I don’t want to bully people like this. Wow, I’m so angry.”
(ps: In less than two days, the double monthly pass will end, so don’t hesitate any more, foodies. You must ask for recommendations on Monday.)