Jiajing Chengming

Chapter 341 The emperor’s will cannot be violated, Jiajing turns waste into treasure?

Wu Cheng'en wrote very quickly and didn't seem to have any writer's block problems.

Therefore, within ten days, he had finished the first draft of a short political story about the court struggles of the time, and showed it to Yan Song.

Yan Song originally intended to just take a quick look at the book with the idea of ​​reviewing it, but he ended up reading it all night long and couldn't control himself.

This made him admire Wu Chengen's outstanding talent in using words to stir readers' emotions even more, and he was not satisfied enough to ask Wu Chengen to show him all the works he was currently writing and had already written.

Because he suddenly became addicted to the feeling of being so absorbed in the stories written by Wu Cheng'en that he neglected food and sleep.

That sense of concentration and excitement will make him forget many of the annoyances, resentment and boredom in reality.

Simultaneously.

Yan Song also specially approved one thousand silver dollars to allow people to print Wu Chengen's book, and also rewarded Wu Chengen himself with five hundred silver dollars on behalf of the court in his capacity as the envoy of observing customs and rectifying social practices.

Wu Cheng'en wanted to decline.

But Yan Song said that he was working for the court and being loyal to his emperor and father, so he should take the profit and set an example for the world. He also said that he needed money as he was going back to Jiangnan to study, so he demanded that he accept it.

Since Wu Cheng'en was still keen on the imperial examination at the moment, he finally did not refuse.

Once Wu Cheng'en's storybook was printed and promoted, it quickly opened up a market in the capital, prompting many storytellers to start telling this book.

In addition, Yan Song also took the initiative to organize storytellers to tell the book, so that many listeners who had only heard a fragment or could not help but want to know the follow-up also began to inquire about and buy the book.

Then, through word of mouth, the book spread from the capital to other large cities and wealthy towns along major transportation routes.

This kind of script written by Wu Cheng'en, which portrays Tao Xie and others as villains, naturally became known to many civil servants and scholars.

They also learned through various channels that Wu Cheng'en wrote this script under the instructions of Yan Song.

Yan Song's closeness to Wang Ao had already displeased the civil servants and literati. Now Yan Song took the initiative to expose the ugly deeds of the civil servants in the form of storytelling, and let the story spread to the streets, wanting the common people to know about it as well. Naturally, this made the civil servants and literati even more dissatisfied.

"What does Yan Fenyi want to do? He wants to burn Wang Luo's cold stove in order to get promoted. That's fine."

"He actually did something so bad as to ruin the reputation of scholars all over the world just to please His Majesty!"

"How can he be so shameless!"

Deputy Chief Censor Min Kai became furious after seeing Wu Chengen's script from Wu Jing, the chief academic officer of the Imperial College.

Wu Jing, the Imperial Academy's chief priest, said, "Mr. Duizhai asked me to give you this script just to let you know about this matter. Mr. Duizhai meant that although Yan Fenyi is shameless, he is not enough to cause too much impact on the world in a short period of time."

"The key issue at the moment is that the imperial merchants will accompany the inspecting ministers to Japan to exchange trade. This matter is truly related to the situation in the world!"

Min Kai nodded.

"In this way, the benefits of maritime trade will completely belong to Your Majesty and the court."

then.

Min Kai also said this.

Simultaneously.

Min Kai added: "But we can't do anything rash except sit back and wait and see what happens!"

"You also saw what happened to Tao Xie and the others."

For this reason, Min Kai looked at Wu Jing and cited Tao Xie's example, and put Wu Chengen's script in front of Wu Jing and patted it.

Wu Jing also took a look at the script and gritted his teeth and said, "You are right. The emperor today is terrible. No one can stop him from doing what he wants to do."

"This is it."

"The Emperor's will cannot be violated, and cannot be violated!"

Min Kai nodded and sighed.

Wu Jing looked at Min Kai: "But what Mr. Duizhai meant is that if we really watch His Majesty monopolize the profits of maritime trade and enrich the country, the people will eventually have to bear the cost, because the big families who lose the profits will eventually turn to oppressing the common people more excessively, and will not easily let themselves be frugal, and they can't be frugal!"

"In addition, when the country becomes rich, it will inevitably strengthen its military. At that time, the nine borders and even the two capitals will be rectified. This will undoubtedly be a great disaster for the bureaucrats of the world. When a dog jumps over the wall in desperation, it may also be a time of bloodshed for thousands of miles."

"So, does that mean Mr. Duizhai is still going to go against the Holy Will?"

Min Kai asked in great surprise.

Wu Jing said with a smile: "How could Mr. Duizhai do such a disloyal thing? He just said something! But there are many people who hold the same view as him. The spring water stirred up by your majesty cannot be calmed down just because we want to. The only one who can calm it down is your majesty himself."

"Hey!"

Min Kai sighed: "You are right, but why doesn't Your Majesty understand that you must really work hard to revive the country!"

"Yes!"

"What's even more annoying is that there are still many treacherous villains who only care about themselves and blindly flatter and obey the emperor."

"Let's not talk about Yan Fenyi!"

"Now, even Wang Ao has begun to embarrass the officials of the world in order to preserve his saintly virtue, and this is nothing. What really makes Your Majesty feel that you have a good chance of governing and reviving the country is Guo Xun, a coward who dares not offend the emperor, and the two idiots, Shouning Marquis and Jianchang Marquis!"

"Guo Xun controls the troops of the capital, but he is always timid. The emperor asked him to investigate carefully, so he did it, making Wu Xun afraid to cooperate with the gentlemen in the court."

"And those two uncles-in-law, for the sake of profit, helped the emperor to lend money at low interest rates in the south, forcing the big families in the south to lower their interest rates, so that it would be difficult to use usury to realize mergers. A large number of ordinary people did not go bankrupt because of the low-interest loans, which led to fewer people selling their fields and children, and fewer ordinary people fleeing, which greatly reduced the number of ordinary people defaulting on taxes, and the tax collection also increased greatly."

"Then, this made Your Majesty feel that there was hope for revival, but Your Majesty did not understand the difficulties of the world's wealthy families, and therefore did not give up the move to revive the country."

Wu Jing said.

Min Kai nodded.

then.

Min Kai said with emotion: "But this also shows how powerful your majesty is! You are a wise man and you know how to use people! Otherwise, your majesty would not have known to use Wu Dinghou and the two uncles to lay the foundation for his revival! Obviously, their reputations have long been spread by our civil officials and gentry. What's more, they themselves are indeed not upright. As a result, your majesty really turned waste into treasure and made them play a miraculous role. He did not listen to our civil officials and did not use them."

"What you said is correct."

"That's why Mr. Duizhai also said that Your Majesty is a wise and resolute monarch who must not be disobeyed. If we really want Your Majesty to accept reality and understand the difficulties of the world's wealthy families, we should keep an eye on the Marquis of Wuding and the two uncles, and report to Your Majesty their arrogance and domineering behavior, as well as their money-making and harming the people!"

"When a person's shortcomings are mentioned too many times, everyone will suspect that this person may be guilty of a heinous crime, which will offend the public opinion of the world. Even if Your Majesty does not dislike them now, you will dislike them in the future. Even if Your Majesty does not dislike them in the end, the future emperor will at least dislike them."

Wu Jing said with a smile.

Min Kai also nodded with a smile: "Gossip can make a person strong! Maybe one day they will feel that they are not good people, and become more and more unscrupulous, and eventually they will take the initiative to anger His Majesty!"

"You're right!"

(End of this chapter)