The red building is so arrogant

Chapter 775 Eight Thousand Changes Seven Thousand Two
After the double killing of Chai and Dai, Jiao Shun's heart is obviously much stronger.

This is directly reflected in his attitude towards King Zhongshun. Originally, he wanted to suppress the matter of regent as much as possible, but now he is more inclined to make things big, and then settle it once and for all.

Of course, it's not just because of the change in Jiao Shun's mentality, it's mainly because of the subtle changes in the court, which also made him understand that it's almost impossible for him to calm things down.

Just after the Shangyuan Festival, the cabinet first proposed to add two cabinet bachelors to replace the vacancies left by the resignation of the former Chief Assistant and Wang Zhe.

Now there are only two people left in the cabinet, and according to the rules, they should indeed be added.

But the problem is that anyone with a discerning eye can see that the emperor's change of office is imminent. According to the established practice, the vacancy in the cabinet should be reserved as a bargaining chip for the new emperor's enthronement, and it is also convenient for the new emperor to control the overall situation.

It is impossible for Mr. He Ge and Mr. Xu Ge not to know this, but they still chose to ask for the addition of cabinet bachelors at this time, obviously with other intentions.

At the very least, it is an attempt to take the opportunity to expand the power of the cabinet-as long as the newly promoted cabinet bachelor can speak with the two cabinet elders, it will naturally be more conducive to the power of the prime minister to overwhelm the imperial power.

After the emperor became seriously ill a few years ago, all major military and political affairs were decided by the Supreme Emperor. Some matters that were not confidential but had conventions to refer to were negotiated and handled by the empress, concubine Wu Gui, and concubine Xiande.

But now the Supreme Emperor died suddenly, and Jia Yuanchun was pushed out of the inner circle again.

The decision-making ability of the palace can be said to have reached a historical low point. This is the time when the cabinet is most relied on, and the elders of the cabinet proposed to add cabinet bachelors, which precisely pinpointed the weakness of the palace.

If this one has little to do with Jiao Shun, then a memorial issued by the Minister of Rites pushed Gongxue and him to the forefront again.

To say that this memorial is nothing new, it is still repeating the same old tune, hoping to incorporate engineering into the imperial examination system-specifically, only those who have passed the provincial examination and become a juren can be appointed as officials.

This memorial is still supported by the scholars, the difference is that there is no strong voice in the palace that can suppress it...

In short, it can be seen with the naked eye that without the support of the Supreme Emperor, it is difficult for the little emperor, who is only seven years old, to hold his ground—especially when a certain emperor's uncle takes the lead in charging.

Regardless of whether it is for Jiao Shun's own future and life, or for the little emperor's prestige, right now there will continue to be a performance that shakes the mountain and shakes the tiger, killing chickens and monkeys!

But now is not the time, or not enough heat.

Therefore, Jiao Shun chose to suppress desires first.

When he entered the palace again on the seventeenth day of the first lunar month, he just put forward the trick and mobilized public opinion to expose the various atrocities committed by King Zhongshun in the past, and then refused him to be the regent in the name of King Zhongshun's misbehavior.

This method seems to be feasible, and the Queen and Concubine Wu are also very much in favor of it.

But when it came to the implementation level, it hit a wall everywhere. Except for some splashes in the first two days, the subsequent momentum was quickly suppressed.

Obviously, after King Zhongshun handed over the nomination certificate, someone has already responded.

And newspapers and periodicals are controlled by literati and Confucian scholars.

In the end, the only one that really spared no effort to carry out the propaganda was the Ta Kung Pao in the hands of the Labor Party.

And what does the paper say.

It was indeed popular for a while during the Palace Examination at the beginning of the year, but because of the head-on, it suffered a lot of suppression in the second half of the year. Although overall sales still increased, the upward momentum was obviously interrupted.

Up to now, there are nearly [-] daily magazines, which is not bad for the second-tier newspapers, and it is far from the first-tier newspapers.

Moreover, the subscribers are relatively concentrated, mainly factories and engineering schools, as well as ordinary people close to these two groups. The influence cannot be said to be small, but the scope of the population covered is relatively narrow.

This problem caused quite a headache for everyone in the Labor Party, but in Jiao Shun's view, it was not a bad thing. At least he could carry out directional publicity on his basic market in the newspaper.

However, the first shot he fired was not on Ta Kung Pao, but once again mobilized the Detachment of Women to do the opposite. In the name of King Zhongshun, several medium-sized newspapers successively published articles targeting the New Deal, Engineering, and Anxiety. Shun himself lashed out.

With him, the founder of the New Deal and Engineering as the 'Editor-in-Chief', these articles are far more accurate than those written by real Confucian scholars, so they have been praised by many people as soon as they were published.

At the end of the article, the proposal to completely negate the New Deal and insist on disbanding the engineering school was supported by many Confucian scholars with both hands and feet.

At the same time, Zhongshun Palace.

King Zhongshun roughly flipped through the newspaper in his hand, took advantage of the situation and wiped a long snake array on the table, then looked up at his confidant counselor in puzzlement: "Didn't you say earlier that let Gu try his best to use engineering and that anxiety?" Let’s do it in exchange for the support of the scholars? Although these articles are not written by a single person, they are better than ours. Is there any problem with this?”

"Students can't see the problem with these articles for the time being."

The counselor cupped his hands and said sternly: "But they published the article in the name of the prince, but they couldn't find out the root cause—just in case, the student thought it was best to clarify in time, so as not to be used by others. Know."

"Used by someone?"

King Zhongshun looked down at the newspapers on the table again. Although he didn't read these articles very carefully, he could still recognize them. The content of the articles was basically the same as his own purpose. Was taken advantage of?

But his counselor insisted, so he had to be more vigilant.

Finally, King Zhongshun waved his hand: "Come on, let's go, then..."

"My lord, my lord!"

At this time, there was an urgent cry from outside the study door.

King Zhongshun raised his eyebrows, picked up the kettle on the stove, opened the curtain and poured it out, cursing at the same time: "Dog slave, this is the place where you yell too?!"

The person outside the door was caught off guard and groaned, but when he heard King Zhongshun's scolding, he hurriedly covered his mouth with all his might.

King Zhongshun saw that half of his face was reddened, so he calmed down a little, and asked coldly, "What's the matter, tell me!"

"My lord, a few young officials came to my door and asked to pay a visit to my lord."

As the man said, he carefully handed over a few greeting cards.

King Zhongshun didn't pay much attention to it at first, but when he saw the name and surname clearly on it, he was overjoyed immediately.

Gein, most of the above are young talents who are famous for a while, and many of them are noble officials. They usually cherish feathers the most. But the son came to the door all at once.

"My lord!"

The counselor also saw the invitation, and immediately said with bright eyes: "If you can have the help of these people, why not worry about the big thing?!"

King Zhongshun nodded in agreement, and immediately went out to greet him personally.

After the two sides met and exchanged a few words, someone in the room took out several newspapers and asked, "Dare to ask the prince, who wrote the articles on this paper?"

King Zhongshun took a closer look, but wasn't it the articles he was about to clarify just now?
He opened his mouth in astonishment, then nodded sharply and said: "It was indeed written by the Qing guest of my house. Of course, this king also gave him some pointers."

The visitors looked at each other and felt that King Zhongshun was indeed King Zhongshun, but because of those well-known articles, they could only pinch their noses and say, "Your Majesty has a far-sighted vision, so I might as well wait."

Immediately, he hoped that King Zhongshun would invite the author out to discuss with everyone the big plan.

Where did King Zhongshun transform into a human for them?

Seeing that the visiting talents were getting impatient, he seemed to want to say goodbye. He gritted his teeth and raised his voice: "Quick, go and invite Mr. Jiang!"

This Mr. Jiang is exactly his confidant adviser.

Not long after, Mr. Jiang arrived. He used to be a scholar who had tried and failed many times. Although he was conceited and intelligent, he naturally respected and feared those who had passed the two rankings of the imperial examination. In the face of King Zhongshun, he had to be cautious, bowed his body and asked cautiously: "I don't know what orders you have for calling the students?"

"Mr. Jiang doesn't have to be like this."

The leader of the speech officer waved his hands and said with a smile: "Only these few articles, sir, are enough to shake the scholars."

"what?!"

Mr. Jiang was taken aback for a moment, and then he saw the prince winking, and those celebrities and high-ranking people also looked at him appreciatively. He unconsciously took a breath, and then suddenly straightened his back and said: "Don't dare, Jiang It’s just an occasional experience—of course, this cannot be separated from the prince’s advice.”

From this day on, Mr. Jiang from Zhongshun Palace became famous, and his articles were also reprinted on the front pages of major newspapers.

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At the same time that the public opinion on the abolition of engineering is intensifying.

The day of Jiamu's funeral has finally arrived.

Because of Qin Keqing's grand burial two years ago, Jia Zheng gritted his teeth and threw 5 taels of silver into it. After all, he couldn't let his nephew and granddaughter-in-law compare to his mother.

In addition to the 3 taels given by Xue Baochai and Jiao Shun, there is another 2 taels that were agreed to be shared with the Changfang.

After this funeral is over, the Rongguo Mansion will be completely destitute.

Perhaps it was for this reason that the wailing in the funeral procession was loud and full of emotion.

According to the usual practice, Jiao Shun went to set up a shed for the Road Festival.

Perhaps it was because the news of Jia Yuanchun's exclusion had spread to the outside world. Although there were quite a few people who set up road sacrifices, there were not many big figures who actually came to the funeral in person.

As a result, Jiao Shun was ranked in the top five and was able to participate in the ceremony of the family members.

After Jia Zheng, Baoyu, Jia Lian and other filial sons and grandsons knelt down to pay respects, Jiao stepped forward to help Baoyu up, and said specially: "Auntie should have told you, right? When the funeral is over, you must remember to go back to the yamen You are on duty here, otherwise you may not be able to do this official!"

When Jia Baoyu heard the words 'I can't go on', a gleam of joy flashed in his eyes, but he also knew that Jiao Shun had good intentions, so he just nodded repeatedly to express his understanding.

However, until the 25th of the first lunar month, Jiao Shun did not see him appear in the engineering school. On the contrary, he was formally impeached, and it was handed over to the cabinet on the 24th.

The 26th of the first month.

The cabinet asked the palace to make a ruling, and soon there was an order: dismiss from office on the spot and never use it again.

(End of this chapter)