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Zheng Tongquan said with a smile: "I will find an opportunity to explain clearly to him. He is a person who can be a military adviser. I believe he has realized it, so he has to think about it for a night. Now he urgently needs to support his family. He will definitely agree to a general position, no Needs to be considered."

……

Early the next morning, Wang Mu came to Zheng Tongquan's mansion, agreed to Zheng Tongquan's invitation, and was willing to join the "Beijing News".

Wang Mu's current predicament is that his family is not well-off. His family has a large population, his wife is in poor health, and he has three children, all of whom are only in their teens. His father passed away last year, and his savings were almost exhausted in order to bury his father. There is also an elderly mother who needs his support.

The point is that he doesn't have a mansion in Lin'an, so he needs to rent a house by himself. If Zhang Jun is here, his life will be easier, but Zhang Jun was dismissed and his staff was dismissed, so he had to find another way to make a living.

Fortunately, Lu Jin introduced him to a good errand, teaching the nine-year-old grandson of a big businessman to read, with a monthly income of ten guan and one stone of rice, which is not bad.

Of course, there is Lu Yihao's selfishness in it. Wang Mu wanted to be filial to his father, so he couldn't go to Jingzhao for the time being, so Lu Yihao introduced him to work for a big businessman instead of being an aide to the powerful. Will not go to Jingzhao again.

Inside the carriage, Zheng Tongquan introduced to Wang Mu: "The "Beijing News" is not the official newspaper of Sichuan and Shaanxi, but the private property of His Royal Highness Yong. It is mainly used to influence public opinion, especially the public opinion in Jiangnan, so the "Beijing News" The task is to cover the entire Jiangnan region, and now it only covers Lin'an Mansion, and there is still a long way to go.

Then I have three members, mainly to take good care of this newspaper for His Royal Highness King Yong. The editor's duty is to supervise, supervise the content of the newspaper, supervisors, including the owner, and the newspaper will hand over the manuscript to you for review before printing. If you think the content is inappropriate, you can request to withdraw the manuscript, and you have the final decision. "

Wang Mu smiled bitterly and said, "Actually, I am more concerned about salary now, I hope Uncle Guo understands!"

"Of course I understand!"

Zheng Tongquan smiled slightly and said: "Your salary is borne by King Yong. You don't have to worry. King Yong has 10,000+ guan with me, which is enough to pay your salary. Your salary is [-] guan per month. It has nothing to do with the newspaper. King Yong has He will pay the salary of the five staff members, you are the second level, and there will be a reward at the end of the year, as far as I know, the staff member with the lowest reward will get [-] guan."

Speaking of this, Zheng Tongquan took a look at Wang Mu and saw that he was calm, so he knew that he had figured it out, and said with a smile: "King Yong's staff are all part-time, mainly doctors of Taixue and professors of Zhouxue. Wang gave them a salary, and I still have an income in school, so I live very comfortably, but it is not easy to become an aide of King Yong! You have three important letters of recommendation, so it should not be a big problem."

Wang Mu understood with a smile and said, "Uncle Zheng Guo means that I still have an income in the newspaper?"

Zheng Tongquan laughed loudly, gave a thumbs up and praised: "Smart! Since you are the editor of the newspaper, you naturally have an income of the chief editor, which is paid by the newspaper, [-] yuan per month, second only to the owner Yue Chen gone."

"Can you advance one month's salary in advance? I have to pay the rent on the fifth day of the fifth day, and my family is really stretched."

"You don't have to pay rent anymore. There is an empty house in Sanqiao, which was the temporary newspaper office before. The newspaper office was moved away. It was originally intended to be the Sichuan-Shaanxi Pavilion, but the imperial court gave Hu Yun the former Sichuan-Shaanxi Jinzuoyuan. Jinzuoyuan is close to Da Nei, so it is very convenient to do things, so this house is empty, and King Yong will not live in it anymore, so you can move in with your family! I will give you the key later, and I will pay you a sum of money in advance Burning coal is urgent."

Wang Mu was silent for a moment and said, "The rebuttal statement of the seven deadly crimes of "Express" should be my responsibility, so let me write it! Try to publish it tomorrow, and I will deal with Huang Yougong."

Zheng Tongquan secretly agreed, this is a smart person, he knows what to do without having to explain himself.

……

Not long after, the two came to a large courtyard surrounded by walls. It was said to be a courtyard, but it was actually a complex of buildings. It consisted of five two-story buildings, covering an area of ​​about ten acres.

The main entrance has an upturned eaves, which is covered with a thin layer of white snow. The gate is very large, with two characters of "Beijing News" written on it, and a pair of stone lions sit on both sides, which looks quite imposing.

This is a very good location. There should be people coming and going at the entrance of the newspaper office. Perhaps because of the third day of the first lunar month, the surrounding area of ​​the newspaper office seems very calm, and there are almost no pedestrians.

There was a light snowfall last night, but the snow on the steps had been swept away. In front of the gate, a servant was sweeping the floor. He stopped his bamboo broom and looked at the two of them puzzled.

Zheng Tongquan waved his hand with a smile, "This is the "Beijing News" newspaper office, sir please!"

Wang Mu nodded, picked up the half-worn robe, followed Zheng Tongquan up the steps quickly, and walked into the gate.

Chapter 932

After the "Seven Deadly Crimes of King Yong" was published in "Express", it caused an uproar in Lin'an City. Many people who were dissatisfied with Chen Qing took the opportunity to fall into trouble, and tried their best to use the content of this article to smear and criticize Chen Qing, while supporting Chen Qing. People feel angry, bewildered, and at a loss for what to do for a while.

On the third day of the first lunar month, "Express" published another letter from a reader. A reader named Xihu Diaosou commented on each of the seven deadly sins one by one. For example, he regarded Yong Wang Chen Qing's occupation of [-] mu of land as a bloody act of hungry tigers and goats. He used powerful power to trample on weak people and made a fortune. devour.

For another example, in the first crime, the fisherman from the West Lake criticized Chen Qing for rebuilding the palace wall into the imperial city wall, which was shameless treachery and treachery. He claimed to be a courtier of the Song Dynasty, but he pretended to be the Chen Dynasty in his heart.

This reader's letter once again aroused widespread discussion in Lin'an City. For a while, Chen Qing's image was completely torn, and most of the people who supported Chen Qing were also silent.

In the afternoon, thousands of people gathered in front of the "Beijing News" newspaper office, silently supporting Chen Qing, and the owner Yue Chen went out to communicate with everyone.

An old man said unceremoniously: "Excuse me, Master Yue, why did the "Beijing News" keep silent when they attacked His Highness King Yong with no bottom line and no shame? Could it be that what they said was the truth, and the "Beijing News" could not argue ?"

The crowd shouted angrily: "The Beijing News should stand up, and they must not be allowed to spread rumors shamelessly!"

"Everyone listen to me!"

The owner of the museum, Yue Chen, said loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet and listen to me!"

The dense crowd gradually quieted down, and Yue Chen said loudly: "Everyone, this is an attack that the other party has planned for a long time. Please trust us, we will never sit idly by. Please read tomorrow's newspaper, there will definitely be statement."

"Master Yue said that there will be an explanation in tomorrow's newspaper!"

"Then let's wait for tomorrow's newspaper!"

The crowd gradually dispersed, and the owner Yue Chen returned to the newspaper office worriedly. He came to the main building on the east side. In this main building covering an area of ​​two acres, more than 30 literati writers wrote daily articles here.

Of course, there are dozens of people collecting materials outside, such as food and clothing, healthy parenting content, these literati will never be able to write, they must consult experts, collect materials, and then the main writers will write wonderful articles.

The curator Yue Chen came to a room, which was the room of Wang Mu, the newly appointed editor-in-chief in the morning, but Wang Mu didn't use his real name, he changed his name to Zhang Jinhuang, from Bianliang, but Zheng Tongquan's The meaning is also to protect Wang Mu.

Of course Yue Chen knew what Wang Mu was doing at the newspaper office?He is equivalent to the commander in chief of the army, and this Wang Mu is the supervisor of the army. Yue Chen sighed in his heart and knocked on the door.

"Please come in!"

Yue Chen pushed the door open and went in, only to see Wang Mu writing something on the table without raising his head.

Yue Chen didn't bother him either, but sat patiently by the side. Only then did he realize that Wang Mu's handwriting was really beautiful, and his strokes of regular script had already begun to look like a master. not on.

With this beautiful calligraphy, Yue Chen dared not underestimate Wang Mu.

At this moment, Wang Mu put down his pen and said with a smile, "Have all the people gone back?"

"That's right! Thousands of people actually came here to support us and put a lot of pressure on us. I have already promised them to be published in the newspaper tomorrow."

The implication of Yue Chen's words is that it's up to you.

Wang Mu nodded, "It's not a big problem to see the newspaper tomorrow, I'll write it soon."

"And today's review article, brother Shaofu, did you see it?"

Wang Mu said indifferently: "You can tell at a glance that this old man fishing in the West Lake is Qin Hui, but it's a pity that he is superfluous and shows his feet."

"How can you tell, brother?"

"That Huang Yougong said that King Yong seized the people's land outside the southern city, but he didn't say how much land he seized. The fisherman in the West Lake directly said that he seized [-] acres. It would take two or three months to go to Jingzhao to investigate! But one night He knew it all at once. Doesn't this mean that he and Huang Yougong are in the same group? It also shows that Huang Yougong is not complaining about injustice, but a well-planned attack. Huang Yougong is the main attack, and this West Lake fisherman It's an assist."

"Will it be published together tomorrow?"

Wang Mu waved his hand, "We must also pay attention to strategy. Tomorrow we will first refute the three crimes, and the day after tomorrow we will refute the four crimes, and the day after tomorrow we will expose Huang Yougong's ugly face, and finally we will publish the loopholes of the West Lake fishing old man, just like a serial novel. Everyone is looking forward to it, and finally the long-awaited truth will be released, which is a meticulous plan by some forces in the imperial court to frame King Yong."

Yue Chen excitedly said: "Well said, even I am looking forward to it!"

……

In the imperial palace, Qin Hui came to Xiangyang Pavilion under the guidance of an eunuch. This is the Nuan Pavilion, where the emperor Zhao Gou usually stays in winter.

There were two days' worth of "Express" on the table, as well as several pieces of beautiful jade. Zhao Gou was drinking tea slowly while holding a piece of beautiful jade in his hand.

"Your Majesty, Mr. Qin is here."

Zhao Gou put down the jade and nodded, "Show him in!"

A eunuch shouted outside, "Your Majesty has a decree, and Xuan Qin Xianggong has an audience!"

Zhao Gou winked at the concubines beside him, and the concubines who were lying beside him also retreated quietly.

Not long after, the eunuch brought Qin Hui in, and Qin Hui bowed and saluted, "My minister sees Your Majesty!"

"I have to trouble Mr. Qin to make a trip during the Chinese New Year. I'm sorry!"

"My minister actually wants to wish His Majesty a new year!"

Zhao Gou smiled slightly, and put the newspaper on the table, "I read both yesterday's and today's "Express".

Qin Hui was startled, this is to fool the people of Lin'an with the spring and autumn brushwork, don't fool the emperor too.

"Your Majesty, Chen Qing is indeed hypocritical, cunning, vicious, and vicious. Needless to say, all the officials know this, but the people of Lin'an don't know it, and are often confused by his hypocrisy. It is our original intention to expose Qing's true nature to the people and let the people of Lin'an see his true face clearly."

"So these seven deadly sins are not true?" Zhao Gou asked lightly.

"Your Majesty, everything is true. It's like the same mountain. It looks like a cliff from the north, but lush greenery from the south. This is very deceptive. The same is true for the seven deadly sins. To show the good side, we are to show the evil side of the same thing, of course, maybe a little exaggeration, just to let the people see more clearly, but the thing is definitely true.”

"This West Lake fisherman is Mr. Qin!"

"It's Weichen!"

Zhao Gou was silent for a moment and said: "I want you to do this, but you should tell me before publishing the newspaper, but I don't know anything about it. When I saw this newspaper, I thought it was a real official. The real-name report made me happy for a whole day, until I saw today's comments, I realized that this was a literary attack planned by Mr. Qin."

Although Zhao Gou said it lightly, Qin Hui felt the dissatisfaction in the emperor's tone. He wiped the sweat from his forehead and said hastily, "It's my minister who didn't think carefully. His Majesty reported that there was absolutely no intention of concealing His Majesty."

"Forget it, I'm satisfied this time, so I won't pursue it anymore, but I know that the other party will definitely fight back, so you have to have a countermeasure."

"Wei Chen understands, has a countermeasure?"

Zhao Gou said lightly: "Are you not going to tell me?"

"Ah!" Qin Hui was shocked, bowed his head and said, "I don't dare!"

"Then tell me! What are your countermeasures?"

In fact, Qin Hui didn't think it through, but he had an idea, which was far from mature.

But now the emperor clearly wants to know, and it is not easy to be fooled, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and said: "The countermeasures of the minister are divided into three strategies: top, middle and bottom. Jingzhao is far away, and information is inconvenient. To refute the sophistry of the other party, Wei Chen also arranged several staff to deal with this matter."

"What about the middle policy and the worst policy?" Zhao Gou continued to ask.

"The best strategy is to drag the other party back. For example, the warehouse of the newspaper suddenly caught fire and there was no paper to print. Maybe their spelling craftsman suddenly fell ill..."

Zhao Gou frowned, and interrupted Qin Hui's displeasure, "The dignified prime minister, you shouldn't think about the rogue tricks of such a ruffian, and say the worst policy!"

Qin Hui wiped the sweat from his forehead again and said, "The next thing to do is to have Huang Yougong killed."

Zhao Gou nodded lightly, "Although the method is a bit vicious, it is better than the middle strategy!"

Chapter 933

On the fourth day of the first lunar month, on the third day after King Yong’s Seven Deadly Crimes were released, the long-awaited counterattack by the people of Lin’an finally came. At noon, [-] copies of the “Beijing News” were released, and they were sold out immediately by the people of Lin’an.

The "Beijing News" used the entire front page to publish an article under the pseudonym "Spear Whisperer": "Convert black and white, turn a deer into a horse, and refute the shamelessness in the article 'Seven Deadly Crimes of King Yong'!"

Today's publication is the first part, and the entire Lin'an streets and alleys are talking about it.

In Tianqin Teahouse, Wang Mu came to drink tea as usual, of course, he didn't come to drink tea, he just came to listen to the reaction.

The tea guests in the teahouse were very excited. One tea guest held up the newspaper and said: "I knew it was wrong. The newspaper clearly stated that most of Jingzhao's palace had been destroyed by the Jin soldiers, and Liu Yu, the younger brother of the puppet Qi Liu Yu, had been killed." Feng Qin Wang, changed the palace to Qin Wangfu, the standard has been reduced, the wall is two feet and eight feet high, and the height of the Bianliang Palace wall is three feet high, Yongwang's mansion is the former pseudo-Qinwangfu, how can we talk about the word "overstepping"?"

Another old man said: "That's right, the key is that Huang Yougong stole the beam and replaced the pillar. He didn't compare the walls of Yongwang's Mansion with the Bianliang Palace, but compared it with the walls of Lin'an Palace. Everyone, Lin'an is not the capital. The capital is in Bianliang, and Lin'an is just a palace, and the walls of the palace are lower than the imperial palace in the capital.

It was also rebuilt into a city wall style. It was because King Yong was assassinated three times by Xixia and the Kingdom of Jin. "

"What kind of shameless is this? The forced purchase of land is called shameless. It is obvious that the government expanded the city and expropriated land, and gave twice the market price of farmland as compensation. How much compensation has been paid for land expropriation in Lin'an? Is it twice? Not at all! It's a normal government The expropriation of land was said by this Huang Yougong as King Yong’s forcible occupation of farmland and ordered the beating of people who lost their land. The land expropriation took place in June last year, but the people in Lin’an knew that King Yong was in Lin’an last June. How did he seize the land and order it? Beating? Isn’t this just talking nonsense? This is truly shameless.”

"It is also nonsense to say that King Yong lived a luxurious life and was immoral. King Yong has one wife and four concubines, three children, and a dignified prince. This is not even as good as an ordinary wealthy family!"

"That's right! It is said that King Yong has hundreds of wives and concubines. All the businessmen I know in Jingzhao said that the "Express" is full of lies. This Huang Yougong is just to viciously attack King Yong. He is afraid that King Yong will find him to settle accounts. That’s why I use my real name.”

"If you don't tell me, I really didn't think that this is why I used my real name!"

Wang Mu paid the tea money, got up and left quietly, and the effect was very good, meeting his expectations.

……

Lu Jin took a newspaper and ran all the way into the back house, "Father, the newspaper is here."

Lu Yihao just woke up and was sitting in the inner hall waiting, he hurriedly said: "Quick! Give me the newspaper."

Lu Jin walked into the inner hall, handed the newspaper to his father and said with a smile, "It really came out!"

Lu Yihao took the newspaper and read it carefully. As soon as he saw the headline, he praised: "This headline is good. It reverses black and white. It is written with joy!"

"Good! Good! Thoroughly written."

Lu Yihao was full of praise while watching: "None of us thought that King Yong was in Lin'an in June last year, and it is estimated that the other party did not think of it either, leaving a big loophole, which directly exposed their slander."

After reading it, Lu Yihao took the newspaper and asked, "What do you say in the restaurant?"

"The diners in the restaurant are all scolding this Huang Yougong, calling him confounding black and white, calling him despicable and shameless. Father, this Wang Mu is amazing! Sharp and thorough, he peels the opponent's skin clean, and people can understand it at a glance. gone."

Lu Yihao nodded and said: "This article on the seven deadly sins looks very vicious, but it has a fatal weakness. It has seven gates of life. As long as one of them is broken, the power of the other six will be greatly reduced. It will collapse, if you lied in one place, everyone will suspect that you lied in all places, not to mention that Wang Mu broke more than one gate of life."

"Father, there is also the fact that Chen Qing has hundreds of wives and concubines. My child thinks this is the biggest key to the seven deadly sins. This is one of the most popular topics in Lin'an when Chen Qing came to An. How many wives and concubines does Chen Qing have?" ?Many people in Lin’an know that they are so stupid to slander this incident.”

Lu Yihao said with a smile: "I'm looking forward to the second cut tomorrow. You should also collect a dozen other newspapers these days. You have to pay attention to the subtle changes in their attitudes. They will definitely end at a critical moment."

"Kid remember!"

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In Xiangguo Mansion, Qin Hui slapped the table and scolded Huang Yougong, "Idiot, why did you write the time, Chen Qing was in Lin'an last June, didn't you know? Also, there are hundreds of wives and concubines, I will delete this sentence Now, why do you keep it? Is it true that only looking for a woman is called extravagance? You said that he likes to eat ducks, and he would kill a thousand ducks for a meal. Is it more effective? Do you insist that he is looking for a woman? , but he doesn't have this problem, he hasn't even been to a brothel, you think everyone else is like you, and they can't live without women!"

Qin Hui became more angry as he spoke, and threw the newspaper in Huang Yougong's face, "See how others criticize you, how do you deal with it?"