Jinghong Tower

Chapter 349 Dog Blood
To be honest, the article that Zhong Yi sent back is not as good as the one that Bai Yan had in terms of writing style, characters, and atmosphere.

But in terms of the level of melodrama, Bai Yan's article is just entry-level.

But Zhong Yi lacked experience in running a newspaper after all. He Yamin thought that what he wrote was: "If all of this is published at once, it would be a pity. How can it be more fascinating than serializing it?"

Although Zhong Yi was the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, he had no control over the morning and evening newspapers. At most, he only had a say in this story.

After discussion, He Yamin and Bai Yan decided to continue expanding on Zhong Yi's article and present it in the form of three serial issues.

The next morning, Zhong Yi got the freshly published morning paper.

When he saw it, he was a little angry because it was obviously not the article he wrote.

In the afternoon, he got the evening paper again. It was more vivid than the one in the morning paper, but Zhong Yi also realized that these guys did not do as he said, but instead divided the large basin of dog blood into three large bowls and brought out.

After half a year of hard work, He Yamin set up printing studios in Shunde and other places. After the sample was completed, it was quickly sent to printing studios in various places. After the local printing studio received the sample, it would immediately typeset and print.

In this way, the time for receiving newspapers and periodicals in the capital and Nanjing was shortened from ten days to four days!

Four days later, the first bowl of dog blood was delivered hot to Jinling City.

This melodramatic story tells the story of a war between princes. A younger brother has an affair with his sister-in-law, who becomes pregnant and gives birth to a son, but she lies to her elder brother that the son is his own flesh and blood.

The younger brother instigated his sister-in-law to send a beautiful woman to his elder brother. The sister-in-law had long since stopped wanting to share a bed with her brother. In order to stay with her younger brother forever, she took a concubine for her brother and sent the beautiful woman to her brother.

The sister-in-law didn't know that the beautiful woman was actually a spy, and her goal was to kill her brother.

But before she succeeded, the beauty found out that she was pregnant. For the sake of her child, she told her brother everything. When her brother knew about it, he did not believe it, but he still protected the pregnant beauty.

But since then, my brother began to secretly investigate the matter.

The younger brother realized that his elder brother was investigating him, so he set up a poisonous plan to kill his elder brother, concealing the truth from the public. On the one hand, he hunted down his elder brother's eldest son, and on the other hand, he used his sister-in-law to take over the power in his elder brother's hands.
Although the characters in the story are all pseudonyms, the fact that our dynasty's founding emperor Zhou Chi was hunted down by his uncle Zhou Tong when he was a child has long been known throughout the world.

Although the morning and evening papers could only be circulated privately, some kind-hearted people copied down this article, and this handwritten tabloid could be seen in almost all teahouses and restaurants.

The Empress Dowager had passed away not long ago, and the Emperor had just breathed a sigh of relief when Yan Mi nervously handed this handwritten newspaper to him.

In the past, the emperor would have said this was nonsense, but he wouldn't do that now.

The words that Min Lan said before her death were like a knife, cutting him to pieces.

Min Lan said that Zhou Tong had an affair with Madam Di, and Zhou Wen was Zhou Tong's son.
The emperor's head was buzzing. Could anyone else know about such a secret matter besides Minlan and him?

No way. Min Lan is already very old. Even if the people who knew the truth at that time were not silenced by Taizu, they have already died of old age.

As for those nobles and royal family members who were still alive, it was impossible for them to know about this. Neither Madam Di nor Taizu, nor even Minlan, would let these people know about this.

"Go and check who wrote this article," said the emperor.

There is no signature on the handwritten newspaper, but it will definitely be on the morning and evening papers.

Yan Mi quickly found out: Anonymous.

The emperor cursed: "You have the guts to talk nonsense, but you dare not sign your name. What a mean person!"

Yanmi shrank his neck and dared not answer.

The emperor glanced at him. Although the article was signed by an anonymous person, anyone with a brain would know that without He Ran's authorization, the morning and evening newspapers would not dare to publish such an article.

After all, even today, He Ran still has to act under the banner of King Zhao. Even when he went south to attack him, it was also to "kill the false emperor and sweep away the treacherous and corrupt officials." From beginning to end, He Ran did not dare to mention changing the dynasty.

Therefore, the appearance of this article attracted people's attention, but officials saw it as a signal.

The signal that He Ran wants to change the dynasty!

The emperor was not interested in the signals released in the newspapers. In his view, all those who went against him were traitors and rebels.

As long as it is a rebellion, the goal is to change the dynasty.

He Ran was targeting the imperial court, the Zhou Dynasty.

Only those fools would think that He Ran was only targeting him and Liu Shanhe.

joke!

The emperor was only worried about one thing, and that was whether this bloody drama would end here or if there would be more to come.

What is being talked about now is only the affair between Zhou Tong and Madam Di, as well as Zhou Wen’s life experience. If there is anything else to come, would it be about his life experience?
The emperor's worries were soon answered.

Whether it was the morning paper or the evening paper, it would never disappoint him.

Three days are enough for the common people who are just watching the fun to know who the brother-in-law and sister-in-law in this story are. Knowing who they are, they will also know who the unlucky brother and the poor nephew are.

Jinling was boiling.

The whole Jiangnan region was in an uproar.

Zhou Cangyue, who was sitting by the campfire roasting pheasant, jumped up!

"Sister Ran is amazing. She has exposed all the secrets of the Emperor's family!"

With brothers in the Beggars' Sect, Zhou Cangyue could often see the morning and evening papers, but by the time these newspapers were delivered to him, the news in them had often become old news.

Zhou Cangyue is now very much looking forward to the next bloody drama.

Three days later, the bloody incident arrived as expected.

He Ran received two newspapers while marching.

After watching the first episode, He Ran was stunned. What she sent to Beijing clearly did not contain these contents.

But she soon figured out what was going on.

I like it!
The corners of He Ran's mouth twitched. Zhong Yi actually exposed his family's shame?

Yes, both he and his own son were killed by the son of his enemy, and the empire he had worked so hard to build was given to the descendants of his enemy in vain. And the instigator of all this was his own biological mother.

He Ran suddenly understood Zhong Yi.

It is also a rebirth, but for himself it is a new beginning, but for Zhong Yi, it is the beginning of hatred.

Unfortunately, all those enemies are dead.
He Ran sighed: "If it were me, I would also destroy all of this!"

Zhong Yi wanted to destroy the dynasty he had built and tear off the fig leaf that the royal family had always maintained.

He Ran opened the second newspaper, and these two melodramatic stories took up half of the page.

In this pot of dog blood, the beautiful woman gave birth to a baby girl. In order to avoid gossip, the noble lady died and kept the baby, raising the posthumous girl by her side.

When the little girl was four years old, her wife sent her to a brothel and announced that the child had been abducted. He Ran was stunned. This was Zhou Ying!
It turns out that this is Zhou Ying’s life story.

How to know Zhongyi?

He Ran remembered that after Zhou Ying passed away, Zhong Yi went to Wanchun County. It might be at that time that he found out the truth about Zhou Ying being abducted and sold.

Zhou Chi's father has only two biological children, one is Zhou Chi and the other is Zhou Ying.

At that time, Zhou Chi was being hunted by Zhou Tong and his whereabouts were unknown, and his life or death was uncertain, but Mrs. Di sent the four-year-old Zhou Ying to a brothel.

How much she hates her husband to do such a thing.

The content behind this bloody story is what He Ran originally knew.

About Zhou Wen’s past, and how Mrs. Di forced Zhou Chi to adopt Zhou Wen’s posthumous child.

Zhou Wen's posthumous son was Emperor Taizong.

Jinling, the emperor finally waited for the second pot of blood, and finally saw the name that was related to him by blood.

His father!

The city of Jinling was still seething, and beneath this seething was the game of politicians.

Liu Shanhe is extremely powerful, but he has also had many political enemies over the years.

Since He Ran wrote the "Letter to the Whole People", his political enemies began to stir, and the seemingly peaceful city of Jinling had already been undercurrents.

At this time, the appearance of these two issues of newspapers played a role in adding fuel to the flames.

Especially in the second episode, Taizong was not Taizu's flesh and blood, but Zhou Wen's son. Who is Zhou Wen? He is Zhou Tong's illegitimate son!

In other words, there was a deep blood feud between Taizu and Taizong!
The temporary imperial palace had limited space, so after the emperor moved the capital, the new moon and full moon courts and grand court meetings were cancelled. Only officials of the third rank and above were qualified to attend court. Even so, these officials took turns to attend court, otherwise there would be no room in the hall.

But at today's morning court session, the temporary palace was full of people.

These are all officials in Beijing. Some of them are not qualified to attend court because of their low rank, or they are qualified but it is not their turn to attend court today.

But today they all came, even some retired officials.

They were young and old, but the expressions on their faces showed the same indignation.

They kept repeating in their hearts: "It's fake, fake, it must be fake."

In fact, in their hearts, they more or less believed in the newspaper, otherwise they would not have come today, but they did not want to believe it. If what the newspaper wrote was true, then what were the people in the Golden Palace, what was the imperial court, and what were these officials?
Suddenly, a white-haired old man sat down on the ground, beating his chest and crying.

"Prince Zhao, Prince Zhao, you died unjustly!"

The young officials looked at each other and whispered, "Who is this?"

Everyone was whispering to each other, but no one knew who the old man was.

Fortunately, the old man did not come alone, and someone knew the young man who was following him.

Therefore, he soon found out the old man's origins.

"His surname is Fang. He was an ambassador of the former Guanglu Temple's Sishengsi. He has been retired for more than 30 years."

"Guanglu Temple Sishengshi? The one who raises livestock? The ambassador? What rank is that, eighth or ninth?"

No matter it is the eighth or ninth rank, they are all officials of the lowest rank. The lowest one who can come here today is the seventh rank.

"Ah, although he is a low-ranking official, do you know where he worked before he went to Guanglu Temple?"

"where?"

"The Zhanshi Mansion, he was a member of the Zhanshi Mansion of Prince Zhao. After Prince Zhao passed away, the people in the Zhanshi Mansion either died or went into exile. This Fang Weng was a newly-appointed Jinshi at the time. He had just entered the Zhanshi Mansion and was just a newcomer and a minor figure. That's why he was not implicated. However, he was promoted without cause from then on and was demoted to the Guanglu Temple to raise livestock. Until he retired, he was only a ninth-rank official."

As we all know, the King Zhao mentioned here is not the young King Zhao who was brought up by He Ran, but the former Crown Prince Zhou Dong!
The prince who, according to legend, angered Taizu to death and committed suicide out of guilt.

Mr. Fang was still crying and almost fainted. The young man next to him stuffed the cut ginseng slices into his mouth, which prevented Mr. Fang from suffocating.

Across the palace wall, there was also crying in the court.

Several members of the royal family who went south burst into tears.

Those who can still be called royal family members today, their ancestors are all those who followed Zhou Chi and left Zhoujiabao.

Without exception, all of them had suffered persecution from Zhou Tong, otherwise they would not have followed Zhou Chi without hesitation.

Their ancestors wanted to eat Zhou Tong alive, but they never dreamed that this empire would only last one generation and would fall into the hands of Zhou Tong's descendants.

The emperor gritted his teeth as he watched these old guys, who were older than him, throwing tantrums in the court.

He looked at Liu Shanhe and knew without asking that this was all done by Liu Shanhe's political enemies.

Otherwise, no matter how bold these old playboys were, they would not have gone to the court to cause trouble for him.

These members of the royal family have long been spoiled. They only care about eating, drinking and having fun, and don't care about the country.

But now they behave as if their ancestors’ graves have been dug up.

Seeing the emperor looking at him, Liu Shanhe straightened his robe and said, "My colleagues and these old princes, don't you understand yet? These are all malicious slanders by He Ran!

Taizong was the person chosen by Taizu. If Taizong's background was really as stated in the newspaper, why did Taizu grant the Mandate of Heaven to Taizong?

Don't you believe in Taizu, but instead believe in that witch He Ran?"

The old members of the royal family who were still crying were all stunned. Was Taizong the one chosen by Taizu? It had been so long that they could no longer remember.

At this time, an official named Quan stood up and said loudly: "Your Excellency the Prime Minister is very busy with official duties, so I am afraid you can't remember clearly. At that time, Taizu was seriously ill and was unconscious for three days from the onset of the disease to his death. How could he pass the throne to Taizong?
Although Taizu did not leave a will, the court had already appointed a crown prince, and Taizu did not order the crown prince to be deposed before his death. Therefore, the throne was originally passed to the crown prince. When the crown prince died, the throne was passed to the crown prince's grandson, and when the crown prince's grandson died, the throne was passed to the crown prince's descendants. "

As soon as this statement came out, everyone in the court was shocked.

Isn’t the Little King Zhao that He Ran supports the so-called descendant of the crown prince?
Yan Mi stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, I suspect this man is a spy of He Ni. Please order me to put him and his gang in jail and await trial!"

The emperor was about to agree when an official stepped forward and said, "I think what you said makes a lot of sense."

"I second the proposal!"

"I second the proposal!"

One after another, more than a dozen officials came out. The emperor looked gloomy and Liu Shanhe's eyes were murderous. He knew that these people were targeting him rather than the emperor.

Ever since he was listed on the world's most powerful list, he has become the target of public criticism. These people appear to obey his orders, but in fact they have been waiting for the opportunity to take him down from his high position.