Liu Jian unfolded the letter. Because his eyesight was not good, he asked someone to move the oil lamp closer. Then he slowly unfolded the letter and read it word by word.
"Students often hear people say when they are in the market: Today's emperor loves gentlemen and alienates traitors. He favors virtuous ministers and despises eunuchs. This is why a prosperous and prosperous era of prosperity has been achieved, and all people can benefit from the emperor's grace, live and work in peace and contentment, and enjoy a peaceful world.
The student also heard that your Majesty has three virtuous ministers. The first is the bachelor Liu Jian, the second is the bachelor Li Dongyang, and the third is the bachelor Xie Qian. These three people are all talented and virtuous, and they are highly valued by your majesty and are admitted to the court.
, so the monarch and his ministers worked together to open up the road, establish a clean government, appease the four parties, and open up the ancient prosperous times. The wise ministers in ancient times, such as Zhou Gong and Xiao He, were nothing more than this."
"Yesterday, Dongchang suddenly closed down the school and newspaper office, arrested several scholars and craftsmen, and tortured them all night, like wolves and tigers. They also framed the bachelor to open a newspaper office, deceived the public with lies, framed up, and used all possible means to show their evil deeds. The students refused to accept it.
So I argued with Dongchang. Liu Cheng, the eunuch of Dongchang, was arrogant and called a deer a horse. He even said that Dongchang was deeply instigated by the cabinet..."
"The Ming Dynasty's cabinet is crowded with talented people and has high moral standards. How could it do such things as blocking roads and closing down newspapers and offices... Liu Cheng slandered the cabinet and will never be redeemed by death. However, since he spoke so eloquently, students had to ask
, whether this matter has anything to do with the cabinet. If it has anything to do with the cabinet, the newspaper should be banned and the newspaper should be banned. Student Meng Lang cannot understand the hard work of the bachelors in the cabinet, so he should be punished. If it has nothing to do with the cabinet, Liu Cheng censors the newspaper without authorization, slanders Zhongliang, and bites.
For the crimes committed by the cabinet, please ask the cabinet scholars to uphold justice..."
This letter was written very straightforwardly. Liu Jian read it all the way. While he was immersed in the letter, Li Dongyang and Xie Qian also stood behind him and looked at the letter together.
Liu Jian breathed a sigh of relief and his eyebrows were already furrowed. The literary talent of this letter is not outstanding, but every sentence has a hidden mystery. The first sentence of this letter first said that my emperor is wise, but I
Why is the emperor so wise? Naturally, it is because my emperor has appointed virtuous ministers, and thus has achieved great governance in the world.
With this first sentence, the rest of the words came, so he began to praise a few bachelors in the cabinet, and finally said that he was the Duke of Zhou. Compared with them, Xiao He's name was nothing. What's more insidious is that,
The letter did not exaggerate too much about the actions of the cabinet bachelor. It only used a general statement such as opening a road to exaggerate, which laid the foundation for the following article.
The next step was to tell what happened. First, he said that the newspaper office had been smashed, and a number of scholars had been arrested. He also added a few words that were outrageous, like wolves and tigers. He also said that the East Factory had been smashed.
Later, they also said that the cabinet ordered them to smash it. Even the person who said this had a name. This man was called Liu Cheng. He not only smashed the newspaper office, but also captured the scholars and tortured them. He was extremely vicious and even said that it was the cabinet.
Bachelor's degree means.
Liu Chengfeng's letter ended with a look of total disbelief. How could the bachelors in the cabinet, who were highly respected and open-minded, instruct the eunuchs of Dongchang to arrest scholars? Instruct the eunuchs of Dongchang to raid newspapers? Liu Duzi didn't believe it, so he
I wrote a letter to ask Liu Jian personally. It means that I really don’t believe it at all. There are 11,000 people who don’t believe it, but this was said by the eunuch in the palace. Mr. Liu, please explain to me what the eunuch named Liu is.
Is it to slander you, or do you have other mysterious considerations? No matter what, you must give us an explanation.
Then, believe it all!
First he put on a high hat and set up a foreshadowing, and then he politely asked Liu Jian to give him a reply, and even hinted at a threat. As long as the cabinet didn't give an explanation, he would have no choice but to expose him.
Can such a thing be exposed? Of course not. It would be fine if Dongchang did it, but if the cabinet is involved in banning newspapers and beating up scholars with meritorious titles, then there will definitely be a storm, and countless people will rush to curse or rejoice.
You have to go to the Imperial Palace, the Imperial College, the Imperial Envoy, and even the idle officials in the Six Ministries of Nanjing are full of saliva. If you are thick-skinned, you will be infamy for thousands of years. If you are even the slightest bit thin-skinned, you can only resign and become an official.
Liu Jian felt cold sweat break out on his forehead, and then he sneered and said, "You bastard!"
Xie Qian is still silent today. This kind of thing has nothing to do with him in the first place, so of course it is better to stay out of it. As for Li Dongyang, after reading the letter, he couldn't help but laugh. The most outstanding thing about this article is not the literary talent.
But there is a fresh energy in it, every word has a trap, every sentence has a mystery, threats and inducements are used, all means are used, it is interesting, very interesting.
Li Dongyang couldn't help but smile slightly and said: "This guy is a bastard, but he still has some quick wits."
Liu Jian looked back and said calmly: "Binzhi thought I was talking about Liu Chengfeng? I was talking about the eunuch Liu Cheng. This bastard..."
Li Dongyang smiled and understood immediately. He said in his heart that Liu Cheng is such a bastard. He actually said such a thing in a big way. No wonder Liu Gong was so angry.
Li Dongyang said: "How does Liu Gong plan to deal with Liu Chengfeng?"
Liu Jian was silent for a moment, put away the letter, and then said slowly: "If you want to deal with it, you should deal with Liu Cheng. This person is so bold that he dares to use the name of the cabinet to deceive, smash newspapers, and torture scholars.
This kind of behavior is really outrageous. Immediately inform the Dongchang side and ask Eunuch Bingbi to come forward and arrest him immediately. Also, the Dongchang side must calm down the matter and release all the scholars and craftsmen arrested.
Apologize for the crime, return the jade to Zhao intact..." Liu Jian's face was very calm, as if he was chatting about homely things, and he continued slowly: "As for Liu Chengfeng, he has done a good job, if not for him
The letter tells me that the cabinet is probably still in the dark, um, good, very good..."
Although he only said good things, he didn't say anything at all, and he didn't mean to get any benefits out of it.
Li Dongyang breathed a sigh of relief and thought to himself, if he had known it would happen, why would he have done it in the first place? Mr. Liu was afraid that he had never suffered from anyone else in his life. He couldn't help but glance at Liu Jian and said, "Is this the case?"
Liu Jian smiled bitterly and said: "What can we do now? It's just that I don't know people well enough to choose such a bastard to do things. That's all. Is it a blessing or a curse? What will this newspaper become? I have already
I can no longer interfere. If it really harms my world one day, there is nothing I can do."
Li Dongyang said with a smile: "Blessings come from disasters, misfortunes come from blessings. Liu Gong saw the disadvantages of newspapers, but did not see the benefits."
Liu Jian snorted slightly and said, "Compared to party struggle, what's the big benefit?"
Li Dongyang could only touch his nose and shake his head. Liu Jian had mentioned this because he was sure that the newspaper would trigger crony warfare, and was afraid that the Ming Dynasty would be like the old and new party struggles in the Northern Song Dynasty? Liu Jian's incident was not aimed at
Liu Chengfeng, to put it more harshly, it was really not the cabinet bachelor's turn to target a hundred households of Jinyiwei. Liu Jian was just talking about the matter.
However, no one would have thought that the dignified bachelor would be defeated by a small Imperial Guard Baihu. Now that the matter has come to this, can Liu Jian still say no? Once this happens, the cabinet will support Dongchang's plan to destroy the newspaper office.
The matter will immediately spread throughout the world, and by then, the situation will only become more and more out of control.
Dongchang is afraid of the prince, and the prince is afraid of the cabinet, but what the cabinet is afraid of is public opinion. The so-called three people become a tiger. Once the uproar reaches the point of uproar, it will be the end of the cabinet. This phenomenon is not once or twice in the Ming Dynasty. It has happened many times.
The cabinet bachelor fell into the Qing Dynasty discussion, Liu Jian had to be afraid and had to make concessions.
Liu Jian asked someone to open the window. Outside the window was the crimson palace wall. The sun was scorching. A ray of midday sunlight fell in through the window and suddenly drowned out the candlelight in the pavilion. Liu Jian stroked his beard.
He sighed and said: "It's not that there is no way to control the affairs of the newspaper. Since we can't stifle it, we can only control it. Binzhi, would you like to join me in writing a memorial, saying that I want to open up the world of speech, and the newly published
Newspapers are a good phenomenon, but there are no absolutes in this world. Everything has advantages and disadvantages. In order to avoid disasters, the emperor is requested to set up a newspaper department under the Ministry of Rites, with one person in charge and five official ranks to supervise the speeches of the newspapers.
In this way, the newspaper office can be used by the imperial court without causing any trouble."
Li Dongyang smiled and said: "This is a good way. It does not prohibit gossip and can prevent people from gossiping. I will count it as a memorial." In fact, Li Dongyang was a little dissatisfied in his heart, not because of this idea.
No, it is really difficult to implement. To supervise the Di newspaper, only Jinyiwei and Dongchang can be effective, and let the imperial officials take charge. It should be noted that what all officials, especially those in the capital, fear most is Qing Yi, a fifth-rank chief.
Can you control the turbulent debate? This is like letting a mouse supervise a cat. It is completely empty talk.
Liu Jian took a deep look at Li Dongyang and said, "Are you thinking that what I do is completely in vain and thankless?"
Being told what was on his mind by Liu Jian, Li Dongyang couldn't help laughing and said: "Mr. Liu is joking."
Liu Jian sighed and said: "Now we can only treat the dead horse as a live doctor. Is there any other way?"