All kinds of speculations and disputes about Shifeng's governor are getting more and more intense, and even the clan is inevitably involved.
If this is true, what will they do? Will they be banned together? If not, it will be a disaster for them.
When the country was unified, they were a respected clan, but after being granted the title of governor, their status plummeted, so they were generally opposed to it.
Many people from clans in Beijing went to the palace to complain, and clans in other places also began to use their influence to ask local officials to express their opposition.
For a time, there was a sense of rebellion across the country.
Of course, I dare not really rebel, because the army is always as stable as Mount Tai.
Those who are eligible to be appointed as governors are those with outstanding military achievements, or most of them are those who hold military power. Without them, there will be no chaos in the army.
However, various decrees inevitably stalled, especially academic affairs and imperial examinations, which were unanimously opposed by local officials.
Everyone's attitude was very resolute, they would rather not have the New Deal than allow the Shifeng Governor to happen.
Just when people all over the world were arguing about this, a book called Zhenguan Dictionary was published.
If a book like this were published in normal times, it would definitely attract the attention of the world, but at this time, almost no one pays attention to this 'little thing'.
Even the gentry put most of their power on the Shifeng Governor, trying to mobilize more people to stand up against this matter, and then prevent the implementation of the New Deal.
Some people noticed it and expressed their opinions, but it didn't cause any waves.
Everyone who reads knows the usefulness of a dictionary. The first thought of everyone who sees it is to buy it and take it home.
Many scholars, especially those at the bottom, feel like they have found a treasure when they read this book. Then I asked about the price. It is so cheap. Well, don’t think about anything else and just buy it.
In this way, this dictionary spread silently throughout the world.
The situation that Chen Jingke was most worried about still happened. Some local officials and businessmen colluded to sell dictionaries to booksellers at the official price, and the booksellers sold them at a higher price.
And this happens more and more, and eventually the original official price becomes a joke.
Chen Jingke was very depressed and took the initiative to go to the palace to find Li Shimin and said: "Your Majesty, I gave you a bad idea. In the end, it all took advantage of those criminals."
Li Shimin was not angry, but said: "I have expected this a long time ago."
Chen Jingke said in confusion: "Then why do you still do this?"
Li Shimin said with a smile: "Although the dictionary was resold by lawless people, scholars all over the world know that I used internal funds to subsidize the dictionary. It was a corrupt official who bullied the superiors and concealed it for personal gain."
"My original purpose has been achieved, and I have also used this matter to arouse the dissatisfaction of scholars against the lawbreakers and prevent them from collaborating."
Chen Jingke shook his head and said: "Hey, you old foxes... Ahem, ginger is still hot when you are old, so I'm relieved."
Li Shimin's mouth twitched and he said angrily: "Go away, don't be an eyesore here."
Chen Jingke said quickly: "No, I still have something to do. How are you going to deal with the matter of becoming the governor of Shifeng? Do you need any cooperation from me?"
Li Shimin thought for a while and said, "In this way, in a few days you will publish an article opposing this matter on Wangyue Tan, saying this and that."
Chen Jingke suddenly realized: "It turns out to be the broken window effect, I understand. Okay, don't worry. You know my ability to troll people, and I guarantee you will be satisfied."
Li Shimin had a black line on his forehead and kept saying: "Go, go, go, get out of here."
Chen Jingke was not angry and said, "Okay, I'll go find Xiao Sizi."
After saying that, without waiting for Li Shimin to say anything, he ran to the harem. He called Xiao Sizi out of class and took her to the Qianqi camp.
Qianqi has just completed its expansion and has been training for the past month. Chen Jingke did not take her to watch football games.
After training for a month, Qianqi became normal in all aspects, and the football matches gradually returned to normal, so he decided to take her there.
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Time has arrived on November 15th before we know it, winter has entered, and the weather is getting colder day by day.
However, the overall atmosphere in the Tang Dynasty was very tense. Because of the issue of Shi Fengshi, both the court and the people in the Tang Dynasty were caught in a tug of war.
For this reason, many of the original big plans have almost stalled, and there has been no progress in the construction of the imperial examination system.
The attitude of the court and the nobles was very strange. They neither said they wanted a world title nor were willing to stand up and refute the rumors.
But the opponents don't bother to talk about it at all. If you don't refute the rumor, I will treat it as true. My attitude is very firm, and I just don't agree with Shi Feng.
As long as he goes to court, the officials will inevitably mention this matter once and persuade the emperor to change his mind.
However, the emperor still refused to express his position, leaving the ministers very helpless.
At this time, Zixiaoguan's "Wang Yue Tan" was published.
Weng Yingqing, the imperial censor in the palace, returned home angrily, and all the servants were as silent as a cicada.
Recently, because of the Shifeng governor incident, he had a very bad temper and often punished his servants. Everyone lived in fear.
After arriving in the lobby and sitting down, Weng Yingqing slapped the table and said, "Where's the tea? You slaves are lazy again. You really deserve to be punished."
The maid on the side quickly brought a cup of tea and placed it gingerly on the table next to him: "Mr. Sir, please have some tea."
Weng Yingqing glared at her fiercely, picked up the tea and drank it in one gulp.
After drinking, he threw the cup on the table and said, "Where's Weng San? Where did he go? Why didn't he see anyone?"
As soon as he finished speaking, someone outside was heard saying, "Mr. Lang, I'm here."
An ugly-looking middle-aged man in his early forties trotted over.
Weng Yingqing said angrily: "Where have you gone? Are you looking for your sweetheart?"
Weng San took out a book from his sleeve and said with an aggrieved face: "Mr. Lang has really wronged me. Look at me, where can I find a lover?"
"Today is the day when Wangyue talks about new things. I know you like to read it, so I ran to the gate of Zixiao Temple and grabbed a copy for you."
Seeing the familiar cover, Weng Yingqing's eyes immediately lit up and he said: "This time, you have passed the test. Give me the book quickly."
He came from a civil service examination background and has learned a lot. He likes journals like Mochizuki Tan very much. He has even submitted manuscripts, but unfortunately they were all rejected.
He was not angry when his manuscript was rejected. Instead, he liked the magazine even more. It can be said that he must buy every issue.
After taking the book, he couldn't wait to read it.
The first article shocked him.
The signature of this article was Chen Jingke, so he naturally knew who it was. The problem was that the content of this article actually stated Chama's opposition to the Shifeng governor.
The reasons for opposition are not novel at all, they are the ones they commonly use. The key is that the person who wrote this article was Chen Jingke, the saint’s prospective son-in-law, and it was published in Wangyue Tan.
With the influence of Mochizuki Tan, it can influence at least one million people.
"The big thing has come true, the great thing has come true." He danced excitedly.
After a while, I regained my composure, continued to turn back, and saw a map.
He was very familiar with it. It was the territory map of the Tang Dynasty, but this map had a lot more things. There was an island group called Fuso in the eastern sea, and there were also several large islands in the southeast.
Looking at the text introduction above, these islands were discovered by maritime merchants. There are only some barbarians who live as tribes on them, and many of them are even deserted.
Weng Yingqing was very surprised. Wasn't he against Shi Feng as the governor? Why did he draw this picture?
He continued to look down out of curiosity, and soon showed an expression of sudden realization. Then he excitedly slapped the table with a bang bang bang bang sound, and laughed:
"Okay, this method is good. I want to see what you nobles can say."
With the publication of Mochizuki Tan, more and more people saw this article, and soon people all over the capital were discussing the content of this article.
"What do you think of Chen Zhenren's method?"
"The nobles will definitely not agree..."
"Whoever asks them to agree is just to disgust them."
"Yes, yes, I just want to disgust them."
"Didn't they say they wanted to expand their territory? Well, let's give them a chance now and see if they want it."
Soon many officials also reached a unified opinion, and it was up to the emperor and nobles to follow what Chen Jingke said in his article.
True to his word, many people came to court early the next day with moon talks in hand.
But in the end, Weng Yingqing took the lead by virtue of his status as the censor in the palace and said: "Sage, according to Qianqi Chen Duwei, there are many islands with vast areas overseas."
"It's just a pity that most of these islands are deserted, and there is a risk of being invaded and occupied by foreign enemies from the sea, threatening Datang's maritime territory."
"Why not seal the princes and nobles on these islands, so that you can not only fulfill the feelings of your majesty and the nobles, but also allow them to protect the sea for the Tang Dynasty."
Others who were a step too late also stood up and said, "Yes, yes, yes, please ask the saint to seal all the princes and nobles on the island. Wouldn't it be nice to get the best of both worlds?"
More and more people are coming forward to support this method, but there are also many people who are hesitant. Mainly, they don't know whether they should do this, but they always feel that something doesn't seem right.
At this time, a nobleman came out and cried: "Sage, I have also heard about overseas islands. They are barren lands. The environment is worse than Lingnan. I would rather die than go there."
Several more distinguished nobles stood up and cried: "I am fighting hard for the country... I don't dare to ask for anything else, I just want to be buried in my hometown."
Li Shimin finally couldn't help it and said angrily: "Overseas islands are barren land. Are you going to be exiled or enfeoffed... What are your intentions?"
Weng Yingqing said loudly: "Why did the saint say this? What is the difference between enfeoffing an island and enfeoffing vassal states? Such good ministers can't ask for anything."
"It's a pity that I am a civil servant and cannot be awarded a title for my meritorious service to the country. I can only envy you all from the sidelines."
Several nobles pointed at him and said angrily: "You... ordinary people dare to bully me and wait until this point. We will fight with you."
"Wow." More than twenty civil servants stood next to Weng Yingqing, expressing their willingness to advance and retreat with him.
The two sides confronted each other for a while.
Li Shimin was trembling with anger and said: "How can this be unreasonable? How can it be unreasonable? Someone will fork them out."
A group of guards rushed in and attacked the people. Weng Yingqing and others looked at the nobles with disdain and left the hall with their heads held high.
The morning court ended hastily like this.
What happened in the court spread quickly, and the people in the capital all gave Weng Yingqing and others thumbs up. They were indeed good officials who devoted themselves to serving the country and did not hesitate to sacrifice themselves.
But some people also raised questions: "If the nobles are sealed on the island, isn't that still a seal? What's the difference?"
Someone immediately replied: "I want you to go to the island and I will give you an official position. Will you go?"
"If you don't go, I won't go there and die."
"Isn't that okay? You, a poor man, don't want to be an official on the island, but the nobles are willing to go there and suffer?"
Someone gave another answer to this question:
"Which one do you choose, between being a world-famous governor or sealing honorable men overseas?"
"Given the lesser of two evils, of course I would choose to be sealed overseas."
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So soon the majority of people reached a consensus that we have no objection to the title of imperial governor, but we can only grant it overseas, not inland in the Tang Dynasty.
The few remaining people who are unwilling to make any compromises cannot cause much trouble, such as the gentry.
Wang Xiuqi said with certainty: "Conspiracy, there must be a conspiracy in this. Zixiaoguan supports that person, how could he suddenly oppose him."
Zheng Song frowned and said, "I also think something is fishy, but I really can't think of what the problem is."
Cui Gan also said incomprehensively: "But he did write an article against this matter. It was also his idea to enfeoff nobles to barren lands overseas. I really can't see what the problem is."
Zheng Song looked at Cui Yun and said, "Can you go over there and inquire about the situation?"
Cui Yun shook his head and said: "The last time I met her in private, the other party noticed it. She was locked up and forbidden to see any outsiders."
"Hey." Everyone sighed in disappointment.
Lu Xiu, who had been silent at this time, suddenly asked: "If we enfeoff you to establish vassal states overseas and allow you to build ancestral temples, would you be willing?"
Li Hong said subconsciously: "Of course not..." He suddenly stopped mid-sentence.
How could you not be willing? No matter how desolate the fiefdom is, it is still a fiefdom that belongs to the family alone and is the foundation of generations to come.
Besides, the island is desolate now, but with the gradual development of immigrants, it will one day become prosperous.
So, why did I say that I was unwilling before? Wangyuetan, it was Wangyuetan’s preconceptions that affected my judgment.
So that's how terrible it is.
The others were also stunned for a moment, and then they all showed thoughtful expressions.
After a while...
"Hiss..." Zheng Song took a breath and said: "If it is true... what a deep scheming, what a terrible plan."
Wang Xiuqi said hesitantly: "It's unlikely. What are they doing in such a big circle? Wouldn't it be enough just to entrust the nobles overseas?"
Lu Xiu asked: "What would you think if I were directly told to divide the vassal states overseas?"
Wang Xiuqi remained silent because he would object. No need for any reason, he just objected.
Zheng Song said in a dry voice: "First use the title of Shi Feng to stimulate everyone, and then make a retreat to overseas enfeoffment. Everyone is happy in this way, it is really a good plan."
Cui Yun's face had turned the color of pig liver, because he had found out the news about Shi Feng's governor. He originally thought he had made a great contribution, but now it seems more likely that he had fallen into a trap.
Moreover, the person who passed on false information to them was the daughter of their Cui family. This really caused a loss of all dignity.
But no one is pursuing this anymore. What everyone cares about is: