Every day I just want to hold the fourth master's thigh tightly

Chapter 1281 By-product of Power Struggle
The Ming history case started in Zhuang Tinglong. After Wu Zhirong, who was dismissed from office and returned to Anzhi County, reported it for his own self-interest, the criminal department filed a case for investigation and set off a big prison.

At that time, Zhuang Tinglong was dead, and the coffin was opened to kill the corpse. His younger brother Zhuang Tingyue was implicated and executed.Li Lingzhe, the former minister of the Ministry of Rites, wrote a preface to the book, and he implicated his four sons in obedience.Anyone who proofreads, engraves, sells books, and anyone whose name is involved in the book will be killed.

In the "Ming History" case, there were more than [-] people who died unjustly, and most of the wives of the deceased were sent to the frontier.

At that time, everyone in the capital was in danger. When the ministers went to the court, they could not be more cautious in their words in every memorial, for fear of offending the emperor.

The matter has passed, but the bloody storm at that time is still thrilling in retrospect.

"Well, do you think that the book "Nanshan Collection" might be another "History of Ming Dynasty" case?" Fourth Master said in a low voice. At this time, it really needs to be treated with caution.

Although he and Lao Jiu are political enemies, they are brothers after all. If the Nanshan collection really involved those anti-Qing and Ming-ming things, Lao Jiu's bookstore has such a large stall, anyone who hits it will be punished.

"Yes." Gu Youran nodded: "Dai Mingshi is the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and the beginning of this "Nanshan Collection" was also because he was very indignant at the court's tampering with Ming history at will... I have read "Nanshan Collection", although There are not so many words to criticize the Qing Dynasty in the history of the Ming Dynasty. Presumably he also wanted to use a fair heart to narrate the historical facts straightforwardly so that people can see clearly, but some of the things involved in it are indeed..."Let those in power not happiness.

Many unbearable facts always make the emperor feel ashamed, even if those are true, no one is allowed to release them.

Even if it is a very objective description, a description without any evaluation, it is not allowed to be made public.

If communication is so widespread in modern times and the network is so developed, it would be unstoppable no matter what, but in the Qing Dynasty, when people were afraid of killing people and deterring authority, they would naturally dare not speak more.

The occurrence of these literary inquisitions all started from the ethnic conflicts between Manchu and Han.

It is true that Han scholar-bureaucrats were oppressed by the Qing Dynasty and vented their resentment through writing, and there were also cases in which late Ming dynasty officials often wrote books, sometimes revealing thoughts of their country.

The causes of the two cases of "History of Ming Dynasty" and "Nanshan Collection" have more or less this kind of color.

In fact, if the rulers were more tolerant and turned a blind eye to these things, these books were nothing more than the complaints of some old angry youths. However, the rulers of the Qing Dynasty were very sensitive to this issue. He became nervous, coupled with the contradictions in the officialdom, so a series of literary inquisitions occurred.

But most of them are groundless, and they are just catching up on rumors and killing innocent people indiscriminately.

But they were afraid of the influence these thin literati would bring.

Words can save or destroy a country.

In fact, she can also understand Lord Kangxi.

Alas... Both sides can understand it, but for the rulers, it is their sensitive nerves that allow them to sit firmly in the country.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look at fourth master.

There were also many literary inquisitions during the Yongzheng period!
Cases stopped by Weimin, Lu Liuliang case, Zeng Jing case...

Especially the Weimin case, it's too ridiculous...

At that time, it was the early days of the fourth master's ascension to the throne. Several literary prisons were the by-products of the power struggle of the ruling group. With the accusation of "cliques", large prisons were set up repeatedly to punish those old enemies who had vying for the throne.

(End of this chapter)