I studied in modern times

Chapter 628 Public Opinion Building Momentum
The next day, the freshly published Bian Jing Xin Bao vividly described what happened in Lingjin Courtyard.

It was as if someone was there, holding a camera, recording it frame by frame.

Because it is written vividly and vividly.

In addition, the Bian Jing Xin Bao that day also published the victory report of the great victory over the bandit army in Fuyan Road.

Therefore, the Bian Jing Xin Bao sold like crazy that day!
"This Hu Feipan is always talking nonsense!" In the hall, Han Jiang threw away the new report from Bianjing, saying, "The emperor is a benevolent emperor, how could he say something like 'scraping the bone to cure the poison'?"

This is something the minister should say.

As the saying goes, kindness comes from above and resentment comes from below.

No matter what, the emperor should not and cannot become a person who offends others.

If this really happened, then the ministers cannot escape blame!

Especially, the current emperor is only eleven years old! What could be wrong?

Tigers and rhinoceros escape from cages, tortoise shells and jade are destroyed in caskets; it is the fault of the keeper!
but……

Han Jiang knew very well what the Bian Jing Xin Bao and Hu Feipan were all about.
No matter how much they bark, they are barking on orders!
Next to him, Lü Gongzhu handed over the Bianjing Yibao in his hand: "Take a look, Zuo Kui, this is today's Bianjing Yibao."

Han Jiang took the Bian Jing Yibao sent by Lu Gongzhu and was stunned.

"Sima Kang has carried the coffin back to his hometown..." Han Jiang pondered for a moment and asked, "Who is in charge of the Bian Jing Yibao now?"

"Yan Jidao?"

Lu Gongzhu laughed: "Yan Jidao has already left Beijing and gone to Dengzhou!"

"He went to Dengzhou?" Han Jiang was surprised. "Then who is in charge of the Bian Jing Yi Bao now?"

"Fan Chunfu?" Han Jiang shook his head as he spoke.

Sima Guang was buried in Sushui. Fan Zuyu, Liu Fu and other students and followers of Sima Guang accompanied him and helped Sima Kang deal with his funeral affairs.

The main purpose was to execute Sima Guang's last will and testament - to sell the properties, gardens and manors in Luoyang.

The money should also be taken to Sushui to purchase land and distribute it to the local poor.

I also had to purchase cloth and give it as gifts to the lonely and elderly.

There are so many complicated things going on here that we cannot be careless.

Therefore, it is unlikely that Sima Guang’s students and disciples will return at least before the end of this year.

Lu Gongzhu shook his head: "Who knows?"

"Prime Minister Zuo should just read the article!" he said softly.

Han Jiang took the Bian Jing Yi Bao and read it carefully in his hand.

As a highbrow tabloid, the Bian Jing Yi Bao was incompatible with the Bian Jing Xin Bao in every way.

This tabloid was printed on expensive rice paper, and the articles published were all quotations from classics. Even the typesetting did not use the so-called "punctuation marks" that have become increasingly familiar and used under the influence of the Bian Jing Xin Bao. It still used the traditional method, requiring readers to break sentences themselves.

Holding the Bian Jing Yi Bao, Han Jiang read softly: "It is said that the world belongs to everyone in the world, not just one person..."

His brows immediately frowned.

This is not at all the style of the Bian Jing Yibao when Sima Kang was in power.

why?
This is Mencius’ people-oriented thought!
Sima Guang spent the rest of his life fighting against Meng!

This is because Wang Anshi highly praised Mencius!
The so-called one morality, according to Wang Anshi's own explanation, is the so-called "principle of morality, nature and life."

So what is the "principle of morality and life"?
The great unification of heaven, earth and man!

It is a theory specially created by Wang Anshi to replace Dong Zhongshu's theory of the correspondence between heaven and man.

The purpose of this was clearly stated by Wang Anshi's son-in-law Cai Bian in the past. Since the kindness of the previous kings had been exhausted, the customs of the scholars have been humble and ignorant of the principles of virtue, nature and destiny. Wang Anshi has made great efforts for hundreds of generations, tracing back to the three dynasties of Yao and Shun, and understanding the unfathomable things of day and night, yin and yang, and entering into the realm of gods. He wrote "Miscellaneous Sayings" with tens of thousands of words, and his words are comparable to those of Mencius!
Did you see it clearly?

The New School and the New Party believed that Wang Anshi was the new saint after Mencius!

The New Party believes that all Confucian scholars after Mencius are corrupt scholars, and that their articles and classics are distortions of the true meaning of the sages.

It should be overthrown, criticized and condemned to pieces!
Therefore, except for the followers of the New Learning, other scholars and officials would deeply detest Wang Anshi’s New Learning and his New Party!
As a result, many people began to dislike Mencius because they hated his whole family.

Sima Guang was the main force of Fei Meng during his lifetime!

Another great scholar other than Meng was the late Mr. Li Gou from Xujiang.

So at the beginning, when I was selecting book collections for the government.

Sima Guang did not object and compiled Li Gou's collection of essays and included it in the bibliography of the imperial lecture.

Otherwise, how could he agree to allow Li Gou's collected works, which are full of New Party economic ideas, to be included in the list of books for the imperial lectures in Jiying Hall?
Naturally, when Sima Guang was alive, the texts in the Bian Jing Yi Bao never quoted Mencius' allusions, and even avoided texts related to Mencius' thoughts.

But now, the Bian Jing Xin Bao openly published such text on its pages.

The layman looks at the excitement and the insider looks at the doorway.

How could Han Jiang not know the seriousness of this?
He exhaled slightly and continued to recite: "The way of the sage is to make laws based on the way, so it is called naming its meaning..."

"I follow the law and observe the rites, so I am able to do my job..."

Han Jiang's heart couldn't help but skip a beat when he read these two sentences.

Because this is not the proposition of new learning, nor is it the principle that Wang Anshi once expounded.

But it is extremely consistent with Wang Anshi’s new learning!

It seems to be a summary of Wang Anshi's moral principles of life and death!

The next sentence made Han Jiang's scalp tingle: "So it is said that the principles of heaven should be preserved and human desires should be eliminated. The principles of heaven are the way, and human desires are things!"

This is the doctrine of the two Cheng brothers, and it is also the proposition of combining the new school of thought with the two Cheng brothers.

Han Jiang continued reading and found that the article was still an explanation of the events in Lingjinyuan.

It’s just that the angle of explanation is a bit weird!
Because the writings that followed the ideas of the two Cheng brothers began to wield the sword of new learning and the two Cheng brothers to cut off the malpractice of various departments competing with the people for profits.

The problems of various departments are magnified infinitely.

It has become the biggest problem in the world today!

Why are there so many problems in the world?
Because the various departments compete with the people for profits!

Why are the people suffering and living in misery?

Because the various departments compete with the people for profits!

Why is there a shortage of financial resources and a shortage of national funds?

Because the various departments compete with the people for profits!

In short, as long as we get rid of the various departments that compete with the people for profits, the Song Dynasty can quickly enter the rule of the Three Dynasties, and the country will be peaceful and the people will be safe!

Even Han Jiang felt his blood boiling.

He took a deep breath and looked at Lu Gongzhu: "Right Assistant..."

“Do you know who wrote this article?”

Lu Gongzhu shook his head and said calmly, "After this article was published, I heard that the nobles from various departments put pressure on Kaifeng Prefecture and asked Kaifeng Prefecture to ban the Bian Jing Yibao..."

"However..." Lu Gongzhu said, "As the acting governor of Kaifeng Prefecture, I think this article is reasonable and I will definitely reject the request of all the officials!"

This is natural!

Cai Jing was now a talented figure in the New Learning, and was recognized as one of the third-generation leaders of the New Learning (Wang Anshi was the first generation, and Zhang Dun, Zeng Bu, Lu Huiqing and others were the second generation). How could he be willing to take harsh measures against an article like this which was mainly based on the ideas of the New Learning?

It’s too late to protect!

"Now, I'm afraid that there is a turbulent situation in the Censorate and the Imperial College, and the public is very excited!" Lu Gongzhu said softly.

Han Jiang sighed deeply. Even an old man like him felt his blood boiling after reading this article.

What about those crows in the Censorate who are filled with a strong sense of mission, and those students in the Imperial Academy who study the sages' scriptures all day long?
This matter is troublesome!

However, Lu Gongzhu was looking at the "Bian Jing Yi Bao" in Han Jiang's hand, as if thinking about something.

Because that article doesn't just talk about the problems of the various departments.

There is also subtext.

What's the subtext?

The core proposition of Wang Anshi’s new school of thought - the coming of a sage to the world and the distinction between the way of the monarch and the way of the minister!

This is also the real reason why Wang Anshi was dismissed from his position as prime minister for the second time.

This is also the truth why Wang Anshi lived in seclusion in Jiangning for more than ten years!
……

Too learned.

Exactly what the two prime ministers thought.

The students of the Imperial Academy are frantically passing around today's Bian Jing Yi Bao.

The young Zong Ze, holding the Bian Jing Yi Bao in his hand, shouted loudly with his classmates, "The evils of the world today are indeed in the various departments!" "If the evils of the various departments are not eliminated, the world will not be at peace!"

"The world is in turmoil!" The students of the Imperial College were outraged.

A huge wave of noise boiled, clamored, and rose in the Imperial College.

Whether it is the New Party or the Old Party, the students of Tai have now "awakened".

Yes!

The evils of the Song Dynasty were indeed caused by the various departments!

These eunuchs, sycophants and lucky villains are capable of all kinds of evil and are tyrannical.

As long as the malpractices in various departments are eliminated, the world will be peaceful!

Young students are the group most easily influenced and instigated by public opinion.

They are full of idealism and humanistic care.

They have not yet been contaminated by reality and their edges are still there.

So, be fearless and move forward bravely!
Listening to the noise in the Imperial College.

Guo Xianqing looked at the "Bian Jing Yi Bao" brought in by the old scholar.

"How brave you are!"

"This tabloid is really not afraid of death!"

He knew too well the methods used by the eunuchs and nobles.

"I'm afraid there will be a few more unknown corpses falling into the Bian River tomorrow." He murmured.

The eunuchs and nobles have always been extremely ruthless towards those who may affect their interests.

Back then, Wang Anshi's reforms touched the interests of the nobles and relatives of the emperor, so they joined hands and gave him a severe warning - in front of the Xuande Gate, several close officials pulled the prime minister Wang Anshi off his horse in full view of everyone!
To make him lose all face is also to make him furious.

But in the end, there was no follow-up to this incident.

Because everyone joined hands to fight against Wang Anshi.

The first question is about being loyal to one’s duty, and the second question is about the laws of our ancestors.

As for the evidence Wang Anshi produced?
There is none in Chongwenyuan, and the ancestral stories are not there.

Why do you say it's evidence?

Then he secretly sent someone to present evidence to Wang Anshi that those close officials were instructed by someone else.

Hey! Just play!
Steamed buns, are you not convinced?
Before that, the big guys also joined forces to do another thing - they asked Tang Zheng, then co-director of the Censorate, to impeach Wang Anshi directly in the morning court, listing more than 60 major crimes of Wang Anshi.

Even though the late emperor rebuked him again and again, Tang Yong turned a deaf ear and loudly listed Wang Anshi's evil deeds in the palace.

He scolded Wang Anshi for half an hour.

Afterwards, facing the late emperor’s criticism, Tang Yong even uttered a harsh word in the palace: If Your Majesty does not listen to me, I am afraid that Your Majesty will not be able to occupy this throne for long!
It’s a naked threat, and a threat to the emperor!

The most interesting thing is that Tang Zhen was promoted by Wang Anshi.

Afterwards, Tang Zheng was only demoted!

how about it?
Isn’t that awesome!
This is the power of the nobles, relatives of the emperor and the eunuchs working together!
Therefore, Guo Xianqing felt that all the members of the tabloid called "Bian Jing Xin Bao" and their families would definitely find their bodies floating in the Bian River tomorrow morning.

No matter what their background is, who is their backing?
Guo Xianqing has full confidence in this!

……

It was exactly as Guo Xianqing thought.

At this time, undercurrents were surging in the city of Bianjing.

Feeling threatened, the powerful people quietly began to act.

however……

These people soon faced a problem - who is in charge of the Bian Jing Yi Bao now?
So they sent someone to investigate.

result……

The people they assigned had just started to move when the soldiers from Kaifeng Prefecture showed up.

All of them were captured by Kaifeng Prefecture and thrown into prison.

As for the crime?

There are!
As a result, the powerful people began to panic.

Because they found that they seemed to be facing an invisible big net.

And this web is deep and dark, beyond description!

They wanted to resist, but found themselves powerless.

In the past, they could incite the imperial guards in Beijing, or even pay them to cause trouble.

But now, the imperial guards in Beijing have long been torn to pieces.

Song Yongchen went to Huainan to provide disaster relief and took away more than 10,000 people.

Now, although the work in Huainan has been basically completed, they have not returned and are heading towards Hebei under the leadership of Song Yongchen.

These imperial guards had become accustomed to following Song Yongchen in repairing rivers and carrying out construction.

They have transformed into a large army of civil engineering workers.

Because the wages were high, the settlement was quick and there was no delay in payment; and although he was outside, he had no shortage of opportunities to listen to music in brothels, gamble in casinos, etc.

These people have lost touch with the outside world and are no longer interested in Bianzhou.

Of the remaining more than ten thousand, three thousand were taken away by Li Qingchen to Sanmenxia to pull the oars and sail.

The others were either on the construction site in Jing'anfang or plastering the two palaces outside Gongchen Gate.

People get paid a lot every day, but they have no interest in getting involved in these trivial matters - nor do they have the courage to get involved!

Because in Bian Jing, there lies a real tiger - the first dragon-controlling general of Di Yong's army.

This is a 100% armored army that has killed many people in Jiaozhi until their hands are tired.

With 5,000 men, we swept across Jiaozhi and forced it to surrender, taking all of its eight states north of the Yangtze River and expanding our territory by a thousand miles! (The result of the propaganda)
And this army only obeys the command of the current official.

In a panic, these people had no choice but to find someone to complain to.

The Cao family, the Liu family, the Yang family, the Wang family, and even the Gao family, the Xiang family, and even the big ladies in the palace, such as the imperial concubine, the royal concubine, and the two palaces.

They started looking through all the channels they could.

However, these channels are no longer open at this moment.

Whether it is the Cao family, the Liu family, the Yang family, the Wang family, or the Gao family and the Xiang family.

I don't have time to deal with them now.

The reason is very simple. These top dignitaries no longer care about the petty profits of the various departments.

The Gao family and the Xiang family are now sending people to Sanmenxia and to Jianghuai at the same time.

Very busy!
The Cao, Liu, Yang, and Wang families were busy working together to purchase a pawnshop license and were busy colluding and distributing profits privately.

At the same time, they were also busy promoting the Jiaozi trade between Song and Liao.

Naturally, they have no time to care about the affairs of the various departments, and they don’t care about the various departments anymore!
If you can make money without doing anything, why take the risk of bringing bad luck to the palace?
The big Diao Chans in the palace seemed to have become deaf and blind, and could neither hear nor see them at all.

That is, the palace ladies-in-waiting, the imperial concubines, the noble concubines and some people around the two palaces can still answer.

But the answers of these people are all the same: You guys just need to be patient! As long as you are loyal to the government and the court, the government and the court will not treat you unfairly!
This is really frustrating!

They looked at the crows in the Censorate jumping up and down, and also felt the indignation of the students in the Imperial Academy.

Each one is like an ant on a hot pan.

The next day, Guo Xianqing was surprised to find that the Bian Jing Yi Bao was still alive and well.

They don’t just live well.

The tone is even higher!

They no longer had any scruples and put more and more serious accusations on the various departments.

The Bian Jing Xin Bao was even more excessive.

On that day, the Bian Jing Xin Bao published in full the figures of stolen goods returned by the officials of the Lingjinyuan.

In just two days, the officials in the Lingjinyuan had returned more than 10,000 pieces of stolen silk!
"The Bian Jing Yi Bao and Bian Jing Xin Bao are so brave!" Guo Xianqing was shocked: "Aren't they afraid of death?"

Outside, the students had gone crazy! The crows were even more insane!

(End of this chapter)