The first thousand two hundred and forty-three chapters settle accounts after the autumn
At night, the "Kyoto Express" newspaper office in Jinchangfang was still brightly lit. According to the time schedule, the layout should be completed by this time and ready to be sent for printing. However, the chief editor Du Chong urgently transferred back the movable type engraving block from the printing workshop.
To rearrange content.
In the room, Du Chong personally wrote an article to report that two major market news happened today, both related to His Highness the King of Jin. One was the incident of cattle herd outside Chunming Gate, and the other was fishermen fishing in Ba River.
Erect an ancient stone tablet.
As usual, this kind of news would make the headlines in the Shangjing column, but these two things were not good for the King of Jin, and the newspaper would certainly not adopt them. Therefore, many news spies sent news, but Du Chong rejected it.
But just now, King Guo Song of Jin sent a note, which made Du Chong change his decision. These two pieces of news should be used, but they should be used in reverse and the content should be changed.
The content of the book sent by the group of cows changed to "The King of Jin ascends the throne, and everything goes well!"
The news is called "The voices of thousands of farmers, driving cattle to support the enthronement of King Jin"
The content of the ancient stone tablet also changed to, 'When the new king comes out of the country, the world will be prosperous!'
The news is called "A hundred-year-old monument is exposed to water, a surprising sign of auspiciousness"
This is the advantage of having the weapon of public opinion. The truth is not important. As long as it can guide public opinion, black can become white, and bad things can become good things.
Du Chong wrote these two pieces of news himself and had them sent for typesetting and printing overnight.
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The next morning, two major news came from the Imperial City of Daming Palace. One news was that yesterday’s voting results came out. There were 543 votes in total, of which 520 voted in favor of King Jin’s enthronement, and only 20
Three votes were not in favor. This result was not surprising to the officials at all. The King of Jin's ascension to the throne was already expected by the public, and their colleagues around them basically voted in favor.
The second major news is that Pei Yanling, the Minister of Education, Zuocheng, and Cui Yuanfeng, the Minister of Rites, were impeached by Yushitai. Although the specific details of the case have not been announced yet, gossip has leaked out that the two of them have a relationship with Wei Tanghui.
Since both of them were senior officials from the third rank or above, their appointment and dismissal were decided directly by King Guo Song of the Jin Dynasty, not through the Political Hall. In the morning, Guo Song approved the impeachment of Yushitai, removed all official positions and titles of the two men, and handed them over to the Internal Affairs Bureau.
Health investigation and trial.
In the afternoon, the news finally became clear. Wei Huan and his son Wei Min were hidden members of the Wei Tang Society. They not only provided a large amount of money to the Wei Tang Society, but also provided many conveniences for the Wei Tang Society to enter Chang'an. Wei Huan had already
He committed suicide last night out of fear of sin.
Pei Yanling and Cui Yuanfeng were implicated in the letters between Wei Huan and Yuan Wei. Although they did not officially join the Wei Tang Society, they were sympathizers of the Wei Tang Society and facilitated the expansion of the Wei Tang Society.
Dugu Dashi was also a sympathizer of the Wei Tang Hui and once provided personal support of 8,000 yuan to the Wei Tang Hui.
Guo Song immediately issued an order from the King of Jin to exile Pei Yanling, Cui Yuanfeng and Dugu Dashi to Anxi. At the same time, Wei Min, Zhuang Yi and more than 20 members of the Wei Tanghui in Jingzhao Mansion were beheaded and their land and wealth were confiscated.
Wei Huan and his son died, Pei Yanling, Cui Yuanfeng and Dugu Dashi were exiled. The charges were all related to the Wei Tang Hui. The truth about the Wei Tang Hui had long been announced to the government and the public. Everyone knew that Zhu Tao was developing forces in the Central Plains and used extreme means to assassinate them.
Senior officials of the imperial court and even the King of Jin, Prime Minister Du Guoqiu were assassinated by Wei Tanghui.
Therefore, as long as you are on the side of Wei Tanghui, it is a serious crime not to die. Pei Yanling, Cui Yuanfeng and Dugu Dashi were only exiled to Anxi instead of being sent to the army. This was already an extraordinarily merciful act by the King of Jin.
But people who should understand understand that this is clearly King Jin's attempt to scare the monkeys, and is also a stern warning to those who oppose him. Whoever dares to cause trouble in public will definitely be settled later!
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Dugu Dashi was released back to his home shortly after the King of Jin's banishment order was issued. He only had half a day to pack up. He had to leave Chang'an early tomorrow morning and set off for Anxi. Dugu Dashi was exiled to Qiuci, Pei Yanling was exiled to Shule, and Cui Yuanfeng
We were going to Khotan, and the three of them were on separate sides, so it was impossible for them to meet each other.
Of course, Dugu Dashi is not going alone. His wife and two concubines will go with him. Duguhong, the youngest of the four sons, will also go to Anxi with his father.
"Stop crying! I'm not asking you to die and live somewhere else. What's there to cry about?"
His wife's crying made Dugu Dashi upset for a while, and he couldn't help shouting. His wife was too scared to cry.
The younger son Duguhong asked timidly: "Dad, are we not coming back in the future?"
Dugu Hong was only twelve years old and was born to Dugu Dashi's concubine Wang. He looked exactly like Dugu Dashi and was loved by his father the most. Dugu Dashi took his hand and comforted him: "Daddy is retiring in Anxi, but you will
Come back, and when you are twenty, dad will let you go back to Chang'an."
At this time, the housekeeper came forward and reported: "Master, the second master is here."
The second master is Dugu Changqiu. He is a good old man and has a good relationship with everyone. He also has a good relationship with Dugu Dashi.
Dugu Dashi nodded, "Invite him to come here!"
He said to his wife and son: "Go and pack your things quickly! Except for the furniture, you can take everything else with you if you can carry it!"
After his wife and children left, not long after, Dugu Changqiu walked into the lobby and asked, "Fourth brother, when are you leaving?"
Dugu Dashi asked him to sit down and sighed: "We will leave early tomorrow morning. It just so happens that the imperial court has a camel team going to Anxi. Let's go with them."
"Bring more things! I have already arranged that the family's camel team will also go with you, carrying all your belongings. We also have a mansion over there in Kucha, which was left by my eldest brother. You can live there.
If you need anything, you can send it via Flying Eagle and I will arrange it for you."
"Thank you, second brother!"
The Dugu family's camel team consisted of 500 camels. This time, the court only gave each of them the capacity of 50 camels. Dugu Dashi was worried about having too many things. Unexpectedly, his second brother came to help him when he needed it. He was really moved.
He has enough, and he can give some of it to Pei and Cui.
After a moment of silence, Dugu Dashi asked in a low voice: "Wei Huan really committed suicide?"
"Don't worry about this. If he hadn't died, you wouldn't have been exiled. At least he would have been sent to the army. If someone takes the blame, your life will be easier."
Dugu Dashi shook his head, "This Guo Song is too insidious. He already knew what we were going to do and didn't stop him. He waited until we had done it before taking action. He was also charged with colluding with the Wei Tang Society. He just pitied those twenty-something people.
A landowner just wanted to vent his dissatisfaction, but ended up risking his life."
"That's because you are too stupid and insist on touching his evil side. If he wants to ascend the throne, who can stop him? Besides, the interests of our Dugu family are all on him, you! Now you have offended the entire family."
Dugu Changqiu took out a copy of the still-undried family resolution and threw it in front of Dugu Dashi, "This is the decision just made by the clan council. Take a look for yourself!"
Dugu Dashi thought it was a decision to eliminate the head of his family. Unexpectedly, he was stunned by the content above. It turned out that he was expelled from the family ancestral hall and would never allow sacrifices.
"What...what does this mean?"
"The Dugu family didn't want to be implicated by you, so they promptly cut off from you. What you did has nothing to do with the family."
Dugu Dashi felt unspeakable bitterness in his heart. He was exiled to Anxi. Of course, he didn't expect to come back for the rest of his life. It didn't matter whether he participated in the festival or not. But expelling him from the ancestral hall meant that his spiritual place after death would not be able to enter the ancestral hall and he would not be able to enjoy it.
The sacrifices of descendants may not matter to young people, but to an old man, this is the biggest punishment for him.
"Second brother, is there no room for redemption?" Dugu Dashi asked in a panic.
"There is no hope for now, let's see in the future! If your descendants are promising, maybe you will be re-listed to the ancestral hall, so you have to train Hong'er well."
For the first time, Dugu Dashi felt remorse in his heart. He was not afraid of being exiled, but he could not accept being expelled from the ancestral hall. If he had known that there would be such consequences, why would he bother?
Dugu Changqiu looked at him for a long time, then took out a newspaper and handed it to him, "I bought this on the road. Take a look at the front page."
He took the newspaper and his eyes widened immediately, 'The herd of cattle brings blessing! The ancient monument appears auspicious!'
He hurriedly read these two pieces of news, leaving him speechless for a long time. It was obviously a warning from heaven, but it turned into an ancient monument. How could he confuse right and wrong and call a deer a horse?
"You realize now that you are not worthy! Who cares what you write on the ancient monument that you worked so hard to build? When the newspapers publicize it, everyone thinks it is a sign of luck. The key is who controls the two newspapers.
You are the head of the family. You should know that the Tianxia Xinbao is nominally jointly run by the Dugu family and the Dou family, but in reality? Can you influence the content of the Xinbao? Your little tricks will lead to defeat from the beginning.
It’s going to be a complete failure.”
Dugu Dashi let out a long sigh, "We did think of the problem too simply. Only now do we realize how naive our ideas were!"