For the sake of his reputation, all he needs to do is let His Highness the Crown Prince suffer some blows, or be directly dragged back to Nanjing, and his popularity will definitely skyrocket.
At that time, taking advantage of this limelight, you can directly enter the court, or even take advantage of the east wind and directly enter the cabinet. It is not impossible!
Thinking of this, Qian Yiqian's eyes flashed with excitement.
Under his eloquence, the scholars in the entire Jiangnan area became excited, and everyone began to discuss the matter intensely in teahouses and taverns.
Countless officials began to write letters to the court.
However, the imperial court was unusually silent on this matter.
At this time, there was some controversy within the cabinet.
"Anyway, if Duke Yan Sheng is dead, at least someone should be found to be the scapegoat, right??"
Ni Yuanlu frowned slightly, looked at Li Banghua on the side and said.
"Master Li, this Duke Yan is not worth mentioning, but he represents the hearts of the world's scholars! How could the descendants of Saint Kong die like this? And then the troops who killed him were recruited by the imperial court.
Already??”
Hearing Ni Yuanlu's words, Li Banghua had a look of helplessness on his face. He looked at Ni Yuanlu in front of him with a wry smile and asked: "Then what does Master Ni think we should do?"
The hearts of the world's scholars are important, but aren't the hearts of those who surrendered important? If we kill the leader among them this time, who will dare to surrender to the court next time?
Who knows if they will be killed for an inexplicable crime? It is normal for their rebel army to kill some princes and some local officials to save face. In the future, should we accept the rebel army?
Surrender???Who dares to surrender to the imperial court??"
After hearing Li Banghua's words, Ni Yuanlu was silent for a while.
"Let this matter end here! The court remains silent!"
At this moment, Li Yuzhi on the side said yes.
"Yes! Lord Chief Assistant!"
The two people next to them quickly looked towards Li Yu in front of them.
The court remained silent, and it didn't matter even if the scholars discussed it enthusiastically. After all, scholars could not change this era.
Basically all the discussions of those in the Jiangnan area reached Zhu Cixiang's ears.
As early as when Chongzhen moved the capital, Zhu Cixi sent hundreds of Jinyi guards, led by Zhu San, to the Jiangnan area.
"Qian Yiqian!"
When Zhu Cixi heard this voice, his face was expressionless, but a cold light flashed in his eyes.
He hates this kind of talkative villain the most.
"Your Highness, do you want Zhu San to kill Qian Yiqian?"
Zhu Yi next to him calmly asked Zhu Cixiang.
"No need yet!"
Zhu Cixiang smiled slightly and said calmly: "Don't worry! Take your time. If you kill Qian Yiqian now, you will be creating an atmosphere of terror, but it may make people like Qian Yiqian afraid to speak.
But it will also make many people afraid to speak, and slowly the atmosphere in this country will die!"
There is no basis for what Zhu Cixi said, because in the original history, when the Manchus entered the customs, they launched the literary prison. The literary prison lasted for hundreds of years, which ultimately led to the long-term stagnation of culture and science and technology.
The final result was that the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded China, causing a century of humiliation for the Chinese nation!
Of course, this kind of thing cannot happen again in your own hands!
Freedom of speech!
If these people want freedom of speech so much, then give it to them!
Zhu Cixiang pondered for a moment and then said to Zhu Yi in front of him: "Let's make arrangements to prepare the first issue of the Huangming Bulletin, which is ready for printing! The title of this issue directly reads: Who should be responsible for the death of Yan Shenggong?
Responsible!
I’ll write the article, and for the rest, I’ll probably write about some recent news and the like!”
"Yes! Your Highness!"
After speaking, Zhu Cixi walked to his desk.
After pondering for a moment, Zhu Cixiang began to criticize the meaning of Yan Shenggong as a profession from ancient times to the present, and then pulled down the true appearance of Yan Shenggong.
He also wrote a lot about the dark history of Yan Shenggong.
Finally, he asked a shocking question.
"When did Yan Shenggong die? And by whose hands did he die???"
After writing this question, Zhu Cixiang glanced at his article from the beginning, with a satisfied smile on his face.
"Take it and print it!"
Zhu Cixiang said to Zhu Yi in front of him.
"Your Highness, how do you name this article?"
Hear Zhu Yi's words.
Zhu Cixiang was stunned for a moment, and then he pondered for a moment.
"Just call me Kunpeng!"
Zhu Cixiang said to Zhu Yi in front of him.
"Yes! Your Highness!"
"Then……"
Zhu Cixiang pondered for a moment, then walked to the desk next to him and wrote down directly.
"Huang Ming's announcement!"
Four big characters.
"This will serve as the plaque of the new Yamen! I will only allocate funds for this Yamen once. The other ways of survival are up to you! Don't let me down!"
Zhu Cixiang took a deep look at Zhu Yi in front of him.
"Yes! Your Highness!"
"Go for it!"
Not long after, in Qingzhou City, a newspaper called Huangming Newspaper quietly appeared in an inconspicuous place in the city.
Huang Ming Notice??
All the people had doubts in their eyes. Looking at the plaque in front of them, everyone was curious about what kind of organization this Huang Ming Report was.
The name sounds like it’s a court agency? But I don’t know what it does??
Everyone's doubts did not last long.
Because very soon, this Huangming Notice started selling newspapers!
It probably contains factual comments and some news, and the price is very low. A newspaper only costs three cents!
Such a low price certainly made many people who were slightly literate buy a copy out of curiosity.
Soon, Huang Ming reported that thousands of newspapers were all sold out within just a few hours after they went on sale.
Like Qingzhou, Huangming Bao also established a branch in Nanjing.
Selling newspapers began almost at the same time.
There are more scholars in the Jiangnan area, and the price of three cents is very cheap in the Jiangnan area. Moreover, with the title "Huang Ming Bulletin", tens of thousands of copies of the newspaper were quickly sold out.
"Who should be responsible for the death of Duke Yansheng?"
After this article came out, it immediately aroused a frenzy of public opinion. Countless scholars began to debate this issue. Some people felt that this article was very well written, and many of the things written in it were very good.
Some people also think that the way this article is written is nonsense and it is too straightforward. How can such an article be published in this so-called newspaper?