In the study, Prime Minister Qin Hui threw a newspaper on the table and asked his nephew Wang Bo: "Look at what is written in the newspaper. What is meant by 'crushing shame with fists'? The whole article is praising Chen Qing."
, if the officials see this newspaper, can your magistrate Wu Sha still be saved?"
On the recommendation of Qin Hui, Wang Bo was appointed as the magistrate of Qiantang County in September last year. Qiantang County is Lin'an. He and Chen Qing are old enemies. Chen Qing is already a warlord on one side of the separatist regime. He is still a small magistrate. Of course, his official career is not good.
Shun, his ups and downs are all related to women. Now he is in his thirties, a little more mature, and married to the daughter of the Lu family, a prominent family in Pingjiang Prefecture.
Wang Bo lowered his head and did not dare to say a word. He had never seen this newspaper. How should he answer his uncle's question?
"My nephew knows his mistake!"
"It doesn't mean that you can solve the problem every time you admit your mistakes. You are the county magistrate of this city. This newspaper has appeared in Lin'an City for two days and has sold at least tens of thousands of copies. You don't know anything about it. How do you ask me to do it for you?
Explain to the officials?"
Qin Hui took a few steps with his hands behind his back and said, "Put everything else down now and be sure to find out for me the transmission route of this newspaper and its printing point."
"Didn't my uncle say that this is a newspaper run by Chen Qing? The printing office should be in Jingzhao!"
"fart!"
Qin Hui scolded him angrily and glared: "Can the newspaper from Jingzhao be transported to Lin'an so quickly five days ago? They used the flying eagle to send the content and typeset and print it near Lin'an. You must get it as soon as possible.
They dug out their roots in Lin'an."
"My nephew knows about it and immediately deploys manpower."
Wang Bo didn't dare to refuse and left in a hurry.
The silent Wang who had been sitting next to her drank tea and said slowly: "Isn't it enough that the officials just use their power to ban this newspaper?"
Qin Hui sighed and said: "Back then, Cai Jingdu didn't dare to ban it. If I banned it, I would be in big trouble."
Wang said calmly: "Back then, Cai Jing didn't dare to ban the Beijing News because it had the Xiang family's backing. Now its backing is Chen Qing. Are you still afraid of him?"
"Madam, you don't know something. I'm not afraid of Chen Qing, but the content in the newspaper involves the late emperor. If I ban it, Zhao Ding and Li Guang will definitely use this matter to impeach me for disrespecting the late emperor. This is a crime that my husband cannot bear!"
Wang nodded, "The official's idea is right. We don't ban it directly, but dig it out from the root so that it cannot survive in Lin'an. But the official is counting on Bo'er. Are we expecting too much from him?"
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Qin Hui knew that Wang Bo was partial to his nephew, but Wang Bo was the magistrate of Qiantang County, and this was his responsibility. If he couldn't even do this little thing, what else could he do?
However, Qin Hui was really a little henpecked. Although he was dissatisfied, he did not say a word.
Wang glanced at her husband, as if she had read through his thoughts, and asked, "Will the officials know about this?"
Qin Hui shook his head, "I guess no one would dare to tell him about this."
"Why?" Wang was puzzled.
Qin Hui smiled bitterly and said: "I'll tell you something and you'll know. Previously, Zhao Ding and Li Guang strongly advocated resettling Jianghuai immigrants to Jinghu Road. As a result, hundreds of thousands of immigrants fled to Shaanxi Road. I took the opportunity to use it.
This matter impeaches both of them."
"Then what?" Wang knew about this and she also wanted to know the result.
"Then the official scolded the two of them severely, but asked me to solve the problem. How should I solve it?"
Speaking of this, Qin Hui said angrily: "The official family has this problem. Whoever asks him to solve difficult problems will be solved by others. Last time I told Chen Qing to negotiate with the Kingdom of Jin, he actually asked me to stop it.
Negotiations are simply speechless.”
Wang laughed and said: "So whoever dares to mention the newspaper will ask someone to shut down the newspaper, right?"
"That's right. The Beijing News was founded by Chen Qing in Jingzhao. How can I close it? If I only care about Lin'an and ignore Jingzhao, someone will definitely accuse me of deliberately confusing the importance and committing the crime of deceiving the emperor, so I'd better pretend
I don’t know about this.”
"But can the officials be sure that Zhao Ding and Li Guang will not tell the officials about the newspaper?"
"I wish they would report this matter, but they are both cunning and cunning, and they will never get themselves into trouble. I know for sure that no one dares to tell the officials about this matter, not even the little eunuchs below."
Wang took a sip of tea and said calmly: "In that case, why do officials want Bo'er to solve this matter? If he can solve it, wouldn't he be a talented prime minister?"
Qin Hui was startled, it turned out that his wife was waiting for him here!
He could only smile bitterly and said: "Let him try his best! If it really can't be solved, I won't blame him."
This was not bad, and Wang was a little satisfied. She was actually worried that her nephew would be harmed by Chen Qing's men. Chen Qing was coming so fiercely that her nephew's tender arms could not stop him.
No one else dared to take care of it, but he let his nephew take care of it. This Mr. Qin was really in a panic after eating too much.
The "Beijing News" has been circulating in Lin'an for two days. It has caused a whirlwind in Lin'an and attracted countless people's attention. The matter has become more and more widespread. Public opinion in Lin'an is talking about the newspaper and the contents of the newspaper.
At noon, Zhao Ding and Li Guang were drinking at Xindongguo Restaurant in Lin'an. They sat by the window on the second floor. While drinking, they discussed this year's fiscal and tax expenditures. It was already the beginning of the year, and all the yamen were asking for money. The person in charge of finance and taxation
Li Guang was so worried that he could not sleep or eat well.
He wanted to use his official land as a mortgage to seal Huizi, but Qin Hui objected, 'There is no reason to use land and house as a mortgage if you can only use gold and silver as a mortgage.'
Qin Hui is right. The liquidity of the land and property is too poor, so it may not be possible to sell it. In the end, it is not economical to sell it at a discount.
"you do not need to worry!"
Zhao Ding smiled and comforted him and said: "The taxes from various places have not been paid, so it may not be enough. Also, the hundreds of thousands of Jianghuai people who fled to Shaanxi Road probably will not come back. We can prepare to resettle them with millions of dollars."
If you misappropriate it first, the food can be converted into cash."
"Hey! I also thought about that money, which should be used first. As for the food, it needs to be given to the army and cannot be cashed in."
Just as he was talking, a drinker next door slapped the table and said: "The imperial court is a bastard, why not let the imperial court come forward? Does the imperial court have the nerve to speak out? What happened to Wanyan drinking Lisa and Wanyan Qi last year? Do you think everyone
They are all fools, don’t you know?”
"that is!"
Another drinker said: "The imperial court is a weakling. It wants to negotiate peace and surrender all day long. They got Wanyan Nianhan and they will definitely use it to negotiate peace. How can they dare to ask for the return of the late emperor? Only Chen Qing is the hero of our Han people."
A fat drinker laughed and said, "You are all wrong. The emperor must have killed Wanyan Nianhan directly, and then expected the Jin Kingdom to kill the late emperor in anger."
"Shh! Don't talk nonsense."
Li Guang was shocked and asked in a low voice: "What's going on? Will they know that Chen Qing exchanged Yan Nianhan for the late emperor? This is a court secret!"
Zhao Ding gave him a strange look, "Don't Mr. Li know about the newspaper?"
"What newspaper?" Li Guang asked.
"Of course it's the Beijing News! It's been circulating in Lin'an for several days. It published the whole story of the hostage exchange between Chen Qing and the Kingdom of Jin. It caused an uproar in Lin'an. Mr. Li didn't know about it?"
"I have been worrying about finance and tax expenses for the past two days, and I don't care about anything else. I really don't know. The Beijing News has resumed publication?"
"It should have been published again in Jingzhao. The first batch of newspapers arrived in Lin'an two days ago and caused a frantic rush. They were very well written. We didn't even know about many big things. Chen Qing actually had 30,000 Jurchen prisoners of war in his hands.
I didn’t know that Shaanzhou and Guozhou were captured by the Western Army, and the border reached Mianchi County.”
Li Guang suddenly said anxiously: "Is the newspaper still there? Let me read it."
Zhao Ding smiled bitterly and said: "You are a step too late. The quilt in my hand is about to be taken away. I asked him last night and he said that it was borrowed by a colleague and has not been returned."
"Where else is there?"
Zhao Ding glanced around and found a table of drinkers at the entrance of the stairs reading a newspaper, which seemed to be the "Beijing News". He immediately turned back and whispered a few words to his entourage.
The entourage nodded, walked over quickly, discussed for a while, and came back helplessly: "The man said that the newspaper he had was bought with five guan. If we want it, he can transfer it, but it will cost 10 guan.
"
"What!"
Li Guang's eyes widened in disbelief, "Ten dollars for a newspaper, is he crazy?"
A drinker next to him laughed and said: "Old sir, that newspaper is really worth this price. Someone just sold a copy downstairs for ten guan. Several people rushed to get it. The shopkeeper can testify."
Li Guang glanced at Zhao Ding again, "Do you think it's the same price?"
Zhao Ding said calmly: "This is a special issue and has great collection value. I think it's worth it."
Li Guang suddenly understood that Zhao Ding was using his son as a shield. The newspaper must still be in his hands and collected by him, but he just refused to lend it to him.
Li Guang thought for a while, then took out a small ingot of silver and handed it to his attendant, "Go and buy it!"