Everyone is attacking me

At the end of July in the 20th year of the Yuan Qing Dynasty, people who paid attention to current affairs were waiting for the news of the war between Wei and Liao.

In recent years, various newspapers, novels, picture books, stage plays, including rope skipping, cuju and other sports have developed rapidly in the Wei Dynasty. While enriching the entertainment life of the people, they have also broadened their horizons and insights.

From slavery to feudal monarchy, most people at the top generally agree with the policy of ignoring the people. The scholar-bureaucrats would like to hide their books at home to rot and rot, and they are unwilling to share them with the people. After all, if everyone reads wisely, how can they highlight their preciousness.

The same is true for many emperors. In their view, the people should be obedient and accept the rule, and they know too much what to do if they want to rebel if they are unwilling to rebel.

Emperor Yuan Qing was born to be a governor. Although his mother was a bit bad in character and emotion, she was a time traveler. Many of her advanced or out-of-the-box ideas still affected him. Later, the Tai Tuo took over to teach him. The ancient world is also ancient, but that is the game world, and all the settings are decided by the planners who made the game, which is still different from the real ancient times.

Affected by the background setting and the player's speech, his thoughts are not completely ancient.

First is the biological mother from modern times, and then the grand tutor from the game world created in modern times. Even if there are no queens and other later traversers, under the influence and teaching of the two, Emperor Yuan and Qing are not pedantic in their thinking.

He very much agrees with Taifu's argument of letting the people enlighten their wisdom. Although it is risky, ruling a group of foolish people is different from raising pigs and dogs in captivity. Besides, as long as he is an emperor who works hard for the people, the people will understand his painstaking efforts , so as not to be fooled by interested people.

As for the future generations, if there are descendants who have fallen into a faint king and caused the people to complain, he would rather the people rise up to fight, than the world where the queen and the others live is first conquered by foreign tribes and then invaded by the coalition forces of other countries.

Of course, this is the worst plan. He naturally hopes that Wei will live forever, but he also knows that the chances are not high. The development of the world determines that the future social system will inevitably change, even if Wei can really be passed down from generation to generation. Indestructible, the feudal monarchy will also be eliminated one day.

But this should be a long time later, it's useless to think too much now, he will take care of the present first.

Having said that, the common people are paying attention to Liao affairs, but they don't want to think that at the end of July, Wei's "assistance plan" for Liao has not yet been implemented. Unexpectedly, a big news broke out in the political newspaper that Wei will use troops against Chenla!

When the newspaper was published, General Wu Jing of the Army Division had already led the Third Division and the Fourth Division of the Army to Lin'an Mansion in Yunnan, where they joined the Sixteenth Division of the Fourteenth Division stationed at the Border Gate, as if they were going to fight rather than warn.

After hearing the detailed report in the newspaper, the common people cursed one after another.

Only eight years have passed since the smoking cessation at the city gate. At that time, Zhuquemen was not as flat as it is now. A flag stand was added, and the national flag fluttered every morning. Soldiers who died.

Zhuque Square has now become a major attraction, and almost every visitor to Chang'an City, no matter if they are the people of the Wei Dynasty or the barbarians of other countries, will come to watch it.

When I quit smoking back then, I just circled an open space in front of Suzaku Gate. Those addicted to drugs were locked in the open space to quit smoking in front of everyone. Anyone who visited Suzaku Gate at that time would reveal it to those people. The tragedy is still fresh in my memory.

Those who have seen the tragedy of the past scolded more fiercely and angrily than those who had not seen it and only listened to the newspapers.

Naturally, there were other voices in the scolding. Ever since Emperor Yuan and Qing made a decree stating that they would not be punished for their words, the people no longer trembled over their words. Open up and speak freely, especially these Confucian scholars,

Of course, no one is really stupid enough to insult the emperor and the royal family. In case the superiors change their minds one day, these people will bear the brunt of the liquidation.

Right now, there is a young man dressed as a scholar in the teahouse. Hearing the scolding from the crowd, he couldn't help but say, "How can this smoke be so terrifying, it's just a newspaper deliberately promoting it. When I was young, I saw poppies in full bloom in the mountains. , Yin Hong is like fire, Yan is so beautiful, so beautiful, future generations will never see it again, what a pity, what a pity."

After so many years, senior officials have gradually understood the secrets of public opinion, not to mention them, even many ordinary people have reacted, especially merchants, who understand the meaning of advertisements, and now newspapers have already turned their losses into profits by relying on advertisements.

This also means that people are not as easy to be fooled as they were at the beginning. Everyone has gradually developed the ability to distinguish, gradually distinguishing which ones are exaggerated by the newspaper and which ones are true.

Of course, there are always some people who feel that everyone is drunk and only one is sober, thinking that they have seen the true meaning, and there are quite a few such people.

At least the scholar in front of him is obviously thinking that he has seen through the intention of the court. The smoke may indeed be harmful, but I am afraid it is more of the court's day-to-day intimidating propaganda. In his opinion, how terrible a flower can be.

The scholar next to him also echoed: "Indeed, I have seen it in the past. The mountains and plains are colorful and beautiful. It turned out that smoking was banned and all were pulled out. The scenery is no longer there. It is really a pity."

Their voices were not loud, but they were still heard by the tea customer next to them. Seeing their indifferent expressions, the man stood up quickly, came over and slapped the table, and said angrily: "It's a pity! Shit!"

The one who got angry was a young man, tall and burly, the table shook three times with this slap, the wine glass bounced and overturned, all the wine spilled out, just dripping on the scholar's shirt.

The two scholars were obviously taken aback by the sudden attack, and they were shocked, and when they came back to their senses, they were annoyed together: "What are you doing?"

The big man said angrily: "How many people were harmed by the opium in the past, and you still say it's a pity?!" He looked excited, as if he was about to rush up and beat the scholar in the next moment, and others quickly persuaded him.

The waiter in the shop quickly ran over to stand between the two of them. If something happened in the shop, they would have to be held accountable. Furthermore, fighting in the shop would not have a good impact.

Fortunately, the big man is not a villain, his chest heaved several times quickly, suppressed his anger, and said to everyone: "I am from Lin'an, Yunnan. My brother and sister-in-law were the ones who were persecuted by Wang Wu back then. My brother was originally a county magistrate." The housekeeper and sister-in-law are also working in the back house. The county magistrate was infected with opium smoke and did not know it was a poison. He asked my brother to come with him as a reward. As a result, my brother was also infected with opium smoke. Later, my sister-in-law was not spared either. It was pitiful until the incident happened to my brother. Sister-in-law is only a reward from the master..."

"My elder brother didn't have time to go to Beijing, so he became poisoned and committed suicide on the way. My sister-in-law also followed him after she woke up, leaving behind a pair of children." , but didn’t end well, all because of the smoke, but these scholars still say it’s a pity that they can’t see the flowers, do you think I should be angry?”

He glared at the scholar angrily, as if he dared to say that it was a pity and he would really shoot.

When the people around heard this, they also looked at the two scholars with condemning eyes.

"You should be angry. How can you say such a thing? If it were me, I would be angry."

"The poppies bloom beautifully, but so what? Didn't the play say that the more beautiful the animals and plants are, the more poisonous they are, and you can't sacrifice your life for the sake of beauty."

"Back then, I saw with my own eyes those people who quit smoking at the gate of the city. Don't mention how terrible it was when they got sick. They lost their minds and burst into tears. They did what they were told to do. For the sake of opium, they sold their children without hesitation. , even if you don't refuse to kill someone, what a pity to ban this kind of poison?"

"It's so scary, if it spreads... hiss..."

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Hearing the accusations from the crowd, the scholar had a bad face, and argued forcefully: "I didn't say that this thing should not be banned, I just said something casually."

Seeing that everyone wanted to say more, he immediately changed the subject: "Now it is Chenla that has the big smoke, and it is not my Great Wei. What does it have to do with my Great Wei? Why do you have to mobilize people like this?"

The scholar next to him shook his head, with a pitiful expression on his face: "Brother Zhao's words are wrong, the people of Chenla are also human beings, many of them were killed, and they didn't take the initiative to smoke. Since they belong to our country, we should save them from fire and water. Yes." He frowned when he said this, "In my opinion, we should not send troops to this matter, but doctors should be sent to help. We are a state of great Wei and etiquette, and we cannot use force to deter other countries, let alone Zhenla. The Great Wei belongs to the country and has paid tribute year after year, so it is time to help it, otherwise how we can convince the public will show our greatness."

When everyone heard this, some frowned, some were ignorant, and some thought it made sense.

The big man snorted coldly: "Sure enough, Confucian students are useless. Why don't you rely on force? If you don't rely on force, do you rely on you scholars? I think the new students are right. You are all stupid in reading. If you don't If the military officer had no guns, those barbarians would regard me as the king of Wei? If there were no Prince Su and the imperial army to fight against bandits, could you sit here peacefully drinking tea and wine?"

"You——" these words hit the sore spots of the two scholars, not only them, but also the expressions of the other Confucian scholars on the table changed.

Now Xinxue and Confucianism are confronting each other. A few days ago, the leader of Xinxue, Ji Xing, competed with Jiangnan Confucian scholars. As a result, Xinxue won two out of three rounds, and Confucian scholars lost. This completely ignited the war between the two sides. In the past few days, the Confucian scholars in Chang'an have been holding back their energy and trying to find a way to win over the new students. When the big man said this, how could the Confucian scholars present not change their faces? These words were like a naked slap in the face.

"Nonsense!" A Confucian scholar immediately stood up and said, "Since ancient times, wars have always been laborious and expensive. Now that the world is peaceful and the people live and work in peace and contentment, why take the initiative to provoke war?"

Some scholars immediately echoed: "Yes, this is also for the sake of the soldiers. The war is cruel. I don't know how many lives will be sacrificed and how many families will be broken."

"Extremely shameless!" The big man sneered, "Sure enough, the new students are right. You are just afraid that the saints will emphasize martial arts and despise literature, and lose the interests of your literati. Since you feel that it is a waste of money and money, and you don't want the people to suffer, you might as well call you Confucian scholars. Donate the property of the family, even if it is only one penny per person, the Confucian scholars in the world may be enough to go to war, so it will not waste the people and waste money."

"Well said! If it weren't for our forbidden army getting stronger and stronger and having powerful firearms, how could those barbarians come to pay homage to us, thinking that we are still stupid people, and you just listen to what you say?"

"Hahaha, that's right, it's been said in the news. We told these dependent countries not to plant poppies long ago, but Chenla didn't listen and didn't listen, and even created a big smoke. They violated it first, so don't blame us for using force. "

"Send a doctor to help? How to help? The opium can be cured by a doctor? How many of those who were infected with opium back then survived after completely quitting? If Chenla is not dealt with this time, what if the big smoke What if the smoke is passed back to our Great Wei?"

"That is, what should we do if it spreads back? There are other countries. The people who co-authored Chenla are human, but the people in other countries are not human. They deserve to be infected?"

……

Everyone said one sentence, and the scholars who said it blushed and couldn't sit down anymore, got up and walked away in despair.