I, the queen and the father, start with a deer as a horse

It was the first time Wu Mingkong had heard of this newspaper. He frowned slightly and asked:
"Mirror Flower News?"

Lin Wan'er said: "It's a newspaper run by a bookstore called Jinghuage. It publishes an issue every seven days. This is the second issue."

Hearing this, Wu Mingkong revealed a look of helplessness, and said, "It's only been half a year, and it's already reached the point where a bookstore can print newspapers. If I had known this, I shouldn't have agreed to Fang Xiu's promotion of movable type printing."

Movable type printing was invented decades ago, but it was firmly controlled by the courts of various countries.

It was not until half a year ago that Fang Xiu started to promote movable type printing that the folk bookstores were able to print in large quantities.

True.

The promotion of movable type printing has indeed brought down the prices of various books. It is no longer like before, only the children of aristocratic families have the opportunity to read.

However, this also brings some disadvantages.

One of them is the free printing of newspapers by bookstores.

Back then, Fang Xiu took advantage of this to set off a storm of opposition to the New Deal in Zhou.

"It seems that we have to find a way to control the printing of newspapers, otherwise there will be problems sooner or later."

Wu Mingkong thought so.

Suddenly I heard Lin Wan'er say:

"The servant also thinks so. Any bookstore can publish newspapers, and it will inevitably be used by those who want to make some messy articles."

Hearing this, Wu Mingkong immediately realized something, raised his eyes to look at Lin Wan'er, frowned, and asked, "What article did Jinghua News publish?"

Lin Wan'er was silent for a moment, put up the newspaper with both hands, and said respectfully: "Your Majesty, please read it."

Seeing this, Wu Mingkong had a bad premonition in his heart, reached out to take the newspaper, and began to browse.

The first side of the newspaper is a portrait.

With just a few strokes, a woman with a graceful figure is outlined, looking lifelike.

"Sure enough, in order to sell more money, these bookstores will use any means!"

Wu Mingkong frowned slightly, turned to the wrong side, and continued to browse.

Maybe to save paper.

The words on Mirror Flower News are relatively small, and it looks extremely laborious.

Wu Mingkong stretched out his hand and pinched the center of his brows, concentrating on writing.

Just watched it for a while.

Her expression changed.

At first it was surprise, then anger, then anger, and finally peace.

The time for half a stick of incense passed.

Wu Mingkong slowly put down the newspaper in his hand, looked at Lin Wan'er, with no expression on his exquisite face, and asked calmly, "The author of this article has been verified?"

Lin Wan'er replied cautiously: "Return to Your Majesty, Hai Rui has sent someone to investigate, and it is indeed made by the Guozijian sacrificial wine, the great Confucian Cheng Zhengdao."

Got an affirmative answer.

Wu Mingkong's eyes revealed a strong killing intent.

Seeing this, Lin Wan'er hurriedly lowered her head, not daring to make a sound.

As the empress' personal maid, she is also one of the closest people to the empress.

She knew better than anyone else that despite His Majesty's calm expression, he was actually extremely angry.

but.

Lin Wan'er can fully understand His Majesty's mood at the moment.

After all, what Cheng Zhengdao wrote in this article is too outrageous!
At this critical juncture.

He dared to criticize His Majesty by questioning the Duke of the country.

First, he quoted the famous sayings of the sages and accused His Majesty of having no heart of benevolence and righteousness, and that he was not like a king.

He also listed the actions of His Majesty and Fang Xiang in the past two years, and accused His Majesty of having a single husband's heart and rampantly.

Quoting classics and writing sharply.

In the end, words such as "brutal and brutal" and "inhumane" were even used.

It is no exaggeration to say that this guy almost pointed at the little empress' nose and scolded, you are a tyrant!
Besides.

He also listed Fang Xiang's ten crimes, each of which was described in hundreds of words.

From the perspective of Confucianism, it is convincing and convincing.

In the end, it made a conclusion, clearly stating that the empress and Fang Xiu are a pair of tyrants and treacherous ministers working together!
Then stand on the commanding heights of morality, and advise Your Majesty to be close to virtuous ministers, stay away from villains, consult good ways, and observe elegant words.

Such articles have never existed before.

Even, there are many admonishers in history books who relied on attacking the emperor to win themselves a chance to be famous in history.

but.

Generally speaking, the language used in those articles is relatively gentle, and it is the first time I have seen such sharpness.

Of course, these are not the point.

The point is that this article was published in a newspaper!
If there is no interference, within three days, this article will be spread all over the north and south of the river under the word of mouth of scholars!
At that time, in the eyes of the people of the world or the scholars of the world, His Majesty will be an arbitrary, cruel and unkind emperor!
After all, as one of the few famous Confucian scholars in Daqian, Cheng Zhengdao, the Imperial College Jijiu, has a very high status in the hearts of scholars!
His articles are naturally very important!

"Cheng Zhengdao"

Wu Mingkong stroked the armrest of the dragon chair with his slender fingers, his face still expressionless.

Lin Wan'er stood aside, holding her breath, not daring to speak out.

After a while.

Wu Mingkong looked at Lin Wan'er and asked, "How many copies of this issue of Jinghua Newspaper have been printed?"

Lin Wan'er replied: "Return to Your Majesty, according to the account of the shopkeeper of Jinghua Pavilion, a thousand copies have been printed, and all of them have been sold."

In just one day, a thousand copies of the newspaper were sold out. How could this little-known Jinghua newspaper be so popular?

Wu Mingkong frowned slightly, with a thoughtful look on his face.

Seeing this, Lin Wan'er understood His Majesty's thoughts, and hurriedly explained: "Among the newspapers in the capital, only the Jinghua newspaper uses a whole page to print portraits of women, so it sells so quickly."

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Hearing this explanation, Wu Mingkong didn't know what to say for a while.

at this time.

Lin Wan'er said again:
"After Hai Rui saw this article, he immediately ordered the officers of the Metropolitan Procuratorate to recover the sold newspapers.

When this newspaper was delivered to the palace, more than 600 copies had been recovered.

In addition, Sun Zhengying, Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, also ordered his arresters to arrest all the people who had read the newspaper and bring them to the Yamen of the Ministry of Punishment. "

When Wu Mingkong heard this, he didn't know what he thought of, and his expression became a little weird.

After a few breaths of silence, he still couldn't hold back, and sighed, "I never thought Hai Rui would read this kind of newspaper."

Lin Wan'er was slightly taken aback, not understanding what His Majesty meant.

It wasn't until he noticed His Majesty's expression that he realized something, and explained: "This newspaper was bought by an officer of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. The officer only looked at the portrait and then threw the newspaper aside. After reading Cheng Zhengdao's article, it was forwarded to Hai Rui."

"I see."

Wu Mingkong's exquisite face showed a sudden look.

Although she didn't have much contact with Hai Rui, she thought she knew him fairly well.

I thought to myself, it is impossible for a person like him to buy a newspaper just to see a portrait of a graceful woman.

Lin Wan'er looked at Her Majesty, who was calm and calm, with a trace of worry in her eyes, hesitated for a moment, and then gritted her teeth and asked, "Your Majesty, aren't you worried?"

Wu Mingkong looked at her and asked, "What are you worried about?"

Lin Wan'er said, "That article."

Hearing this, Wu Mingkong immediately understood what the little maid meant, raised his willow eyebrows, and said leisurely: "Since I decided to reuse Fang Xiu, I have been prepared for such a day, no matter if you are a fool or a tyrant, let him say, Thousands of years later, future generations will give me and Fang Xiu a fair evaluation!"

The empress spoke extremely calmly, as if she was describing a trivial matter.

It fell into Lin Wan'er's ear, but it shocked her so much that she was speechless for a long time.

There was a moment of silence in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the empress' calm voice sounded again.

"Before Fang Xiu left, he once told me that there is a group of people who have never read books, have little knowledge, don't know how to educate, don't know saints, and don't even understand benevolence, righteousness, propriety, wisdom and faith, and they work hard all their lives just to fill their stomachs.
They have no chance to express their opinions, and they don't have their own opinions. I can't hear what they say, and they can't hear what I say.

In the eyes of a great Confucian like Cheng Zhengdao, they are stupid people who cannot be carved out of rotten wood, and they are extremely numb!
But!These people account for the vast majority of my people!
Even if what I do is beneficial to the people and the court, it will attract a lot of criticism because it harms the interests of the gentry. The scholars will make all kinds of articles and accuse me of being a fool!It's a tyrant!
It will be recorded in the history books that I am cruel and heartless, bloodthirsty, disregarding loyalty and traitors, and reusing villains!In the next few decades, or even hundreds of years, Zhen may gain the same reputation as Jie Zhou.

But, so what!
What I do most is the silent people!They will live a good life because of my efforts. They don't have to work hard all their lives, but they can't even make a living. This alone is worth thousands of infamy! "

When Wu Mingkong said these words, Fang Xiu's figure could not help appearing in his mind, and he seemed to hear his solemn teachings vaguely, and his heart became more and more peaceful.

The whole person looks dignified and sacred.

Lin Wan'er stared blankly at Her Majesty the Empress in front of her. For some reason, she suddenly felt a strange feeling...

Your Majesty has changed, but not completely.

There was a few breaths of silence.

Wu Mingkong didn't know what he thought of, a sharp light burst out from his eyes, and he said coldly:

"Cheng Zhengdao criticizes me because firstly, I set a precedent for questioning honorable officials; secondly, because of his status as a great Confucian; thirdly, because I imprisoned him in the Imperial College, he holds a grudge; fourthly, he wants to use this to gain a good reputation as an admonisher. , may leave a name in history in the future.”

"After all, it's still for the sake of profit! If that's the case, the more he wants something, I won't give him anything!"

Speaking of this, he paused, looked at Lin Wan'er, and said leisurely: "Let the people from Zhufengxuan write an article saying that Cheng Zhengdao is as good as Longyang, and it will be printed on the front pages of Daqian Monthly and Chang'an Weekly tomorrow. "

Lin Wan'er was startled when she heard this.

Immediately, his eyes widened with disbelief on his face.

At this moment, she thought she had an auditory hallucination, and tentatively asked with some doubts: "Your Majesty?"

Wu Mingkong understood what she was thinking, and calmly repeated what he had just said.

"I said that Cheng Zhengdao is as good as Longyang. Before the sun sets tomorrow, I want this news to spread throughout Chang'an, and spread to all states and governments within three days!"

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Lin Wan'er's expression was extremely strange, and she couldn't help but said: "But Your Majesty, as far as I know, Cheng Zhengdao didn't."

Before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by the little empress.

"Yes or no, I don't care, neither do the common people, only some scholars care, but they have no way to verify... Besides, how do you know, he doesn't?"

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Lin Wan'er was so shocked that she didn't know what to say for a while.

After being silent for a long time, he asked just now, "What should I do with that article in Jinghuabao?"

Wu Mingkong said leisurely: "Those who bought Mirror Flower News, how many people can read this article? So what if they did?"

"This"

Lin Wan'er was shocked again and was speechless.

at this time.

The little empress continued: "Those who don't agree with Cheng Zhengdao will still not agree after reading this article. Those who agree with him, even without this article, will already be filled with righteous indignation when they see Zhen Wen Zhan Guogong."

"Besides, I can make a bet with you that as long as news about Cheng Zhengdao keeps getting published in the newspapers, after half a month, no one will remember this article."

"Even if I remember this article, I don't know if this article was written by Cheng Zhengdao!"

"Even if we know that Cheng Zhengdao did it, who would care about the lies of an old man with a bad record!"

When Lin Wan'er heard this, she felt that her whole body had been baptized.

She stood there in a daze, and suddenly felt that His Majesty in front of her was so familiar yet so strange.

Silent for a while.

She suddenly realized that His Majesty's current behavior style seems to be more and more like a person—Fang Xiang!
"It's over! Your Majesty has been led astray by Prime Minister Fang!"

This thought involuntarily popped up in Lin Wan'er's mind.

Wu Mingkong was extremely calm, looked at Lin Wan'er, and said again: "Let Hai Rui and Sun Zhengying continue to pursue the Jinghua Bao, and release all those arrested."

"Yes! Your Majesty!"

Lin Wan'er took a deep breath, calmed down, and saluted respectfully.

Wu Mingkong thought for a while, and then ordered: "Let Shangguan Haitang see me."

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

"Go."

"The slaves retire!"

Lin Wan'er stood upright, saluted, and turned to leave.

Until she walked out of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, she still felt that her thoughts had been greatly impacted, and she could not recover for a long time.

In the Hall of Mental Cultivation.

Wu Mingkong looked extremely calm, sat back on the dragon chair, and continued to browse the battle report.

After a while.

A familiar cold voice came from outside.

"Shangguan Haitang begs to see His Majesty!"

"allow."

next second.

The curtain was lifted.

Shangguan Haitang came to the Empress, and after saluting, she asked, "What orders does Your Majesty have?"

Wu Mingkong raised his eyes to look at her, and asked, "How is the situation on the front line?"

Shangguan Haitang said: "Your Majesty, the Yan army has sealed off Yongzhou, and the first village can only rely on pigeons for communication. Therefore, the first village does not know more about the battle situation than the Ministry of War."

It is more inconvenient for carrier pigeons to pass letters.

In addition, when the two countries are at war, someone will stare at the carrier pigeon and try to shoot it.

Therefore, even the powerful No. [-] Village can no longer pass on news unscrupulously like before.

The empress was not surprised by Shangguan Haitang's answer.

There was a few breaths of silence.

She asked again: "Have you heard about the Mirror Flower Pavilion?"