After the "Seven Deadly Sins of King Yong" was published in "Express", it caused an uproar in Lin'an City. Many people who were dissatisfied with Chen Qing took the opportunity to fall into trouble and tried their best to use the content of this article to smear and criticize Chen Qing, while those who supported Chen Qing
People feel angry, confused, and at a loss what to do for a while.
On the third day of the first lunar month, "Express" published another reader's letter. A reader signed by Xihu Diaosou commented on each of the seven deadly sins one by one. His writing style was sophisticated, his language was sharp, and he gave an in-depth explanation without mercy.
, for example, he regarded King Yong Chen Qing’s occupation of 3,000 acres of people’s land as a bloody act of hungry tigers devouring sheep. He used his strong power to trample on weak people and made a fortune. The little people’s wealth accumulated over several generations was also mercilessly used by him.
Devour.
For another example, in the first crime, the fisherman from West Lake criticized Chen Qing for rebuilding the palace wall into the imperial city wall, which was a shameless betrayal. He claimed to be a minister of the Song Dynasty, but in his heart he pretended to be the Chen dynasty.
This reader's letter once again aroused widespread discussion in Lin'an City. For a time, Chen Qing's image was completely torn, and most of the people who supported Chen Qing fell silent.
In the afternoon, thousands of people gathered in front of the Beijing News office to silently support Chen Qing. The owner of the office, Yue Chen, went out to communicate with the crowd.
An old man said unceremoniously: "Excuse me, Mr. Yue, they attack His Highness Yong Wang without any bottom line and shamelessly. Why should the Beijing News be silent? Could it be that they are telling the truth? The Beijing News cannot defend itself.
?"
The crowd shouted angrily: "The Beijing News should stand up and we must not let them shamelessly spread rumors!"
"Everyone listen to me!"
The owner of the museum, Yue Chen, said loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me!"
The dense crowd gradually quieted down, and Yue Chen said loudly: "Everyone, this is a long-planned attack by the other side. Please believe us. We will never sit idly by. Please read tomorrow's newspaper. There will definitely be something.
statement."
"Master Yue said that there will be an explanation in tomorrow's newspaper!"
"Then let's wait for tomorrow's newspaper!"
The crowd gradually dispersed, and the owner Yue Chen returned to the newspaper office worriedly. He came to the main building to the east. In this main building covering an area of two acres, more than thirty literati and writers wrote daily articles here.
Of course, there are dozens of people outside collecting materials, such as those about food, clothing, and healthy parenting. These literati will never be able to write them. They must consult experts to collect materials, and then the main writers will write wonderful articles.
The owner of the library, Yue Chen, came to a room. This was the room of Wang Mu, the newly appointed chief editor in the morning. However, Wang Mu did not use his real name. He changed his name to Zhang Jinhuang, a native of Bianliang, but this was Zheng Tongquan's.
I mean, it's also to protect Wang Mu.
Of course Yue Chen knew what Wang Mu was doing in the newspaper office. He was equivalent to the military commander, and Wang Mu was the supervisor. Yue Chen sighed in his heart and knocked on the door.
"Please come in!"
Yue Chen pushed the door open and saw Wang Mu writing something on the desk without raising his head.
Yue Chen did not disturb him, but sat patiently aside. Only then did he realize that Wang Mu's calligraphy was really beautiful, and his regular script had begun to take on the style of a famous artist. Not only could he not compare with him, but probably no one in the entire newspaper office could compare with him.
Not on.
Just with this beautiful calligraphy, Yue Chen didn't dare to look down on Wang Mu anymore.
At this time, Wang Mu put down his pen and said with a smile: "Have all the people gone back?"
"Yes! Thousands of people actually came, not only to support us, but also to put a lot of pressure on us. I have promised them to report tomorrow."
Yue Chen's implication is that it's up to you.
Wang Mu nodded, "It won't be a big problem to see the newspaper tomorrow. I'll write it soon."
"And today's commentary article, did Young Master see it?"
Wang Mu said calmly: "You can tell at a glance that this West Lake fisherman is Qin Hui, but it's a pity that he made things worse and exposed his flaws."
"How can you tell, dear brother?"
"That Huang Yougong said that King Yong had seized people's land outside Nancheng, but he didn't say how much land he had seized. But this West Lake fisherman directly said that he had seized three thousand acres. It would take two or three months to go to Jingzhao to investigate! It can take one night.
He knew it instantly. Doesn't this mean that he and Huang Yougong are in the same group? It also means that Huang Yougong is not complaining about injustice, but a carefully planned attack. Huang Yougong is the main attacker, and this West Lake fisherman
It’s an assist.”
"Will it be published together tomorrow?"
Wang Mu waved his hand, "We also need to pay attention to strategy. Tomorrow we will first refute the three crimes, and the day after tomorrow we will refute the four crimes. The day after tomorrow we will expose Huang Yougong's ugly face, and finally we will publish the loopholes of the West Lake Diaosou, just like a serial novel, so that
Everyone is looking forward to the fact that the much-anticipated truth will finally be revealed. This is a deliberate plan by some forces in the imperial court to frame King Yong."
Yue Chen said excitedly: "Well said, even I am looking forward to it!"
In the palace, Qin Hui, led by a eunuch, came to Xiangyang Pavilion. This is the Nuan Pavilion. Emperor Zhao Gou usually stayed here in winter.
Two days' worth of "Express" was placed on the table, as well as several pieces of beautiful jade. Zhao Gou held a piece of beautiful jade in his hand while drinking tea slowly.
"Your Majesty, Mr. Qin is here."
Zhao Gou put down the jade stone and nodded, "Xiang him to come in!"
There were eunuchs outside shouting, "Your Majesty has a decree to announce that the Prime Minister of Qin is here to see you!"
Zhao Gou winked at the concubines beside him, and the several concubines lying beside him also quietly retreated.
Not long after, the eunuch brought Qin Hui in. Qin Hui bowed and saluted, "I am here to see you, Your Majesty!"
"I'm sorry that I have to trouble Mr. Qin to make a trip during the Chinese New Year!"
"Wei Chen actually wants to wish your majesty a happy new year!"
Zhao Gou smiled slightly and put the newspaper on the table, "I read yesterday's and today's "Express". They were very good. Only then did I realize that Chen Qing is also so hypocritical, so vicious and vicious!"
Qin Hui was shocked. He was using Spring and Autumn writing techniques to fool the people of Lin'an, but don't fool the emperor as well.
"Your Majesty, Chen Qing is indeed hypocritical, cunning, fierce and vicious. Needless to say, all the officials know this, but the people of Lin'an do not know it. They are often confused by his hypocritical side, so we must use a strategy to deceive Chen Qing.
It is our original intention to expose Qing's true nature to the people and let the people of Lin'an see his true face."
"So these seven deadly sins are not true?" Zhao Gou asked calmly.
"Your Majesty, everything is true. Just like the same mountain, it looks like cliffs from the north, but lush greenery from the south. This is very deceptive. The same is true for these seven deadly sins. Chen Qing covered up his sins and only
To show the good side, we show the sinful side of the same thing. Of course, it may be a little exaggerated just to let the people see it more clearly, but it is definitely true."
"This West Lake fisherman must be Qin Xianggong!"
"It's Wei Chen!"
Zhao Gou was silent for a moment and said: "I asked you to do this, but you should tell me before publishing it in the newspaper. As a result, I knew nothing about it. When I saw this newspaper, I thought it was a real official.
The real-name report made me happy for a whole day, but it wasn’t until I read today’s comments that I realized that this was a literary attack planned by Qin Xianggong.”
Although Zhao Gou spoke in an understatement, Qin Hui felt the dissatisfaction in the emperor's tone. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said quickly: "It's Wei Chen who didn't think carefully. It happened to be the New Year. Wei Chen wanted to wait until the New Year before asking for help."
Your Majesty’s report has absolutely no intention of concealing anything from Your Majesty.”
"That's all, I'm quite satisfied this time, so I won't pursue it. However, I know that the other party will definitely fight back, and you must have a countermeasure."
"Wei Chen understands and has a countermeasure?"
Zhao Gou said calmly: "Are you not planning to tell me?"
"Ah!" Qin Hui was excited, lowered his head and said, "I don't dare!"
"Then tell me! What are your countermeasures?"
Qin Hui actually didn't think it through completely, he just had an idea, which was far from mature.
But now the emperor clearly wanted to know, and it was not easy to fool him, so he had to bite the bullet and said: "The weak minister's response strategy is divided into three strategies: upper, middle and lower. The best strategy is to show off his tactics, debate with the opponent in the newspaper, and make full use of them.
Beijing and Zhao are far apart and information is inconvenient. To refute the other party's sophistry, Wei Chen also arranged several staff to deal with this matter."
"What about the middle strategy and the worst strategy?" Zhao Gou continued to ask.
"The middle strategy is to hold back the other party. For example, there is a sudden fire in the newspaper warehouse and there is no paper for printing, or maybe their speller suddenly falls ill."
Zhao Gou frowned and interrupted Qin Hui displeasedly, "A dignified Prime Minister should not consider the rogue methods of such a local ruffian and decide what to do next!"
Qin Hui wiped the sweat from his forehead again and said, "The next best thing is to have Huang Yougong killed."
Zhao Gou nodded lightly, "Although the method is a little more vicious, it is better than the middle strategy!"