In the days when I was dressed as the king of a subjugated country

At this moment, the shopkeeper came back and apologized to the tea customers: "I'm sorry, everyone, Mr. Liu is ill today, so I'm afraid he won't be able to come."

Yuan Ruoxi was immediately disappointed, full of expectations and disappointment, full of anger and nowhere to vent, the [-] pores in his body were blocked to the point of exploding, he slapped the table hard and cursed: "What the hell! Tell me earlier!"

After realizing what she had done, Yuan Ruoxi couldn't help breaking out in cold sweat, and turned her neck, and saw that brother Wen Yuan had thrown the teacup out, and finally woke up, her eyes widened as if struck by lightning, With Yuan Ruoxi.

The two lost the money for the teacup, and walked out of the teahouse together.

Along the way, neither of them opened their mouths to speak, only the bellies that had been poured with some tea made a sound.

Finally, Brother Wen Yuan couldn't bear it any longer, and asked in a low voice, "Cousin Yuan, that... have you bought today's "Da Chu Morning Post"?"

Yuan Ruoxi finally couldn't keep his arrogance anymore, he shook his head dully, and thought: "Ouyang Feng or Hong Qigong, who is better in martial arts?"

Brother Wen Yuan thought for a while, and suddenly said: "The Legend of the Condor Heroes is a story that happened at the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, only a few hundred years away from us. Could he have written "The Legend of the Condor Heroes?"

Brother Tingbi refers to Yang Tingbi, a public security talent. These southern literati have their own communication circles. If you recommend me, I recommend him, and they all know each other.

Yuan Ruoxi's eyes widened, she grabbed Wen Yuan's hand, and said, "That's right! Although "Shooting the Condors" was written in vernacular, there are thousands of gaps in it, and it cannot be written by someone who is full of knowledge and talents. What a story!"

"When you are taking a rest, let's go to Brother Tingbi together, just to catch a quick glimpse of the rest of the plot, how about it?"

The two agreed that they broke up at the head of Yangliu Bridge. Yuan Ruoxi was hungry and hadn't heard the latest plot, so she was inevitably a little lonely, and returned home unhappy.

Living next door is Dou Min, Order of Taichang Temple Taile Department. Although Yuan Ruoxi and Yuan Ruoxi are of the same age, their tempers are quite at odds. The mansion was bought next door to Dou Min's house, and Yuan Ruoxi was depressed for a while. .

At this time, a cheerful voice came from the yard next door: "Brother Min Ruo, why are you here! Huh, this is today's "Da Chu Morning News"? Coincidentally, the servant got up late today and didn't buy anything today. Brother Min Ruo is really sending charcoal in the snow!"

Yuan Ruoxi spat, and cursed angrily: "You wait, tomorrow I will go to Yang Tingbi to ask for the lower part of the sculpture, and I have to show off in front of you!"

The noble Yuan Ruoxi fell asleep after dinner, and the noble boy would never cry in his dreams.

Finally, when it was time for Xiu Mu to wait, Wen Yuan frantically knocked on the door early in the morning, and Yuan Ruoxi went out with him to find someone where Yang Tingbi lived.

Yang Tingbi lives in Yuanzhen Temple in front of Baoyuan Bureau. When the two arrived, they saw a person leaving angrily.

This person looked a little familiar, Yuan Ruoxi thought for a while, and remembered, he was the commander of the Ministry of War, why did he come to find Yang Tingbi?

Yang Tingbi met the two of them and greeted each other.Yuan Ruoxi glanced at the direction in which the commander of the Ministry of War was leaving, and asked Yang Tingbi: "Brother Yang, what is this man looking for you for?"

Yang Tingbi shook his head: "It's nothing. What kind of wind brought the two virtuous brothers here today?"

Wen Yuan couldn't help asking: "Brother Yang, did you write "The Legend of the Condor Heroes"? Mr. Jin Yong was you!"

Yang Tingbi said: "What are you talking about? I don't understand."

Wen Yuan pulled him to sit down at the table, and took out a stack of newspapers: "Young brother, don't hide it from us. It's not a shame to read vernacular scripts. To be honest, we read it too!"

Yang Tingbi smiled and didn't speak.

Yuan Ruoxi asked: "If you really wrote this script, why don't you take out the second half and let me see it first?"

Yang Tingbi asked: "Why do you two virtuous brothers think I wrote this book?"

Wen Yuan said: "Apart from you, who else has such talent? Besides, my brother's surname is Yang, Yang Kang's surname is also Yang, and Yang Tiexin's surname is also Yang!"

Yang Tingbi said: "Is Yang Kang such a good person?"

Wen Yuan paused, looked at Yuan Ruoxi, and said in unison: "You really have seen it!"

Yang Tingbi had to reassure again and again that this book was definitely not written by him. To be able to write such a superb story, skills and talents are not enough, but also a lot of experience and insight into people's hearts.

Wen Yuan and Yuan Ruoxi could only leave unhappy.

Yang Tingbi sent the two away, made a pot of tea, and sat at the table to read today's "Da Chu Morning News". However, the words that he usually read with hunger and thirst seemed to have no appeal at this time. Yang Tingbi closed the newspaper and sighed.

Just now, Lang Zhong, the car driver of the Ministry of war, came to ask him to write a call to action.

The recent political turmoil in Beijing and China, he has a cousin who is an official in the court, and he has been repeatedly told to be careful in recent days.His Majesty is strictly investigating the case of pension money, which has already involved a lot of relatives and dignitaries, such as Prince Cheng, Minister of the Household Department, etc., have all been detained in prison.The hands of many people in the court are not clean, and this group of people does not want His Majesty to continue to investigate, so they will definitely take action.

Just now, Lang Zhong, the chariot driver of the Ministry of War, came to ask him to write a call to action. Although he didn't say it clearly, Yang Tingbi had already guessed that this letter was to condemn His Majesty's actions.If you dare to point fingers at His Majesty, if you are tracked down, there will be chaos in Beijing.

Although Yang Tingbi refused, he didn't know how to deal with it. It's not wrong to conceal it or not to report it, nor is it wrong to report it.

Gu Li has also been quite depressed recently. He had already thought of it when he started, that there would be resistance to a thorough investigation of the pension bank case, but he did not expect such resistance. Now the courtiers are trying to persuade him, since the corrupt officials involved in the pension bank case They have all been caught, so it is better to accept them as soon as they are good. Since His Majesty has kindly and magnanimously let the eunuchs go, this corruption case will also be lenient as appropriate, so why not.

But since Gu Li made a move, it is impossible for the land to be wet after the rain, the thunder is loud and the rain is little. He has hated corrupt officials for a long time.

Unexpectedly, when Gu Li woke up the next day, the streets and alleys in the capital were covered with plasters calling for thieves, and the object of condemnation was Prime Minister Mu.

This group of people did not dare to target Gu Li, so they accused Mu Hualing of being old and cunning, harboring evil intentions, and instigated His Majesty to disregard the principles of ethics and attack his own brothers.It is also said that Mu Hualing's investigation of corruption cases and picketing of corrupt officials is false, but it is true to deal with political opponents.

The call to action was posted everywhere, and there were people circulating and discussing it everywhere in the capital. Even those who wanted to say a few words for Prime Minister Mu did not dare to speak up when they saw that the wind was not in the right direction.

Mu Chenglian hurriedly went to the office to resign, saying that he was sick at home and would not go to the official office anymore.

"These bastards have made a good plan. After killing Mu Chengxiang, I feel like I have lost an arm, and my vitality has been seriously injured."

As soon as Gu Li heard about the Xiwen, he called Kang Qizong over and asked him to investigate the person behind the Xiwen.

However, since this group of people dared to do this, the matter must be done in a covert manner, and nothing can be found out for a while.The call to action was plastered all over the capital, and now the streets and alleys are full of discussions, and many people in the capital who don't know the truth scolded Mu Hualing severely, so that Mu Cheng couldn't even get out of the door.

Gu Li pondered, this matter needs to be resolved as soon as possible. Right now, the mastermind behind the Zha Xiwen is secondary, and the most important thing is to reverse the wind direction as soon as possible. Prime Minister Mu cannot be allowed to bear the blame for him.Gu Li asked someone to find Yu Guangle, and took advantage of this time to write an "An Essay Against the Thieves" eloquently.

When Yu Guangle came, he first reported the sales volume of "Da Chu Morning News" to Gu Li.During this period of time, he stepped up to hire twice the number of people, and the newspaper shop printed daily magazines continuously, printing [-] copies of newspapers every day, but it was only enough to sell for two hours.

Gu Li asked: "Have you heard about the call for thieves?"

How could Gu Li not see that when Yu Guangle came in, he talked about the newspaper first, just to announce the good news for him and comfort his heart.

Now Yu Guangle spends more time outside the palace than in the palace, how can Yu Guangle not know that the petition against thieves has been raging in the past two days.

Yu Guangle said in relief: "Your Majesty don't need to worry about such despicable and shameless villains. Your Majesty's thorough investigation of major corruption cases is for the sake of the people of the world, and the people all understand."

Gu Li rolled the paper into a tube and tapped Yu Guangle's forehead: "You are smart, so you naturally understand my good intentions. But there are many ignorant people in this world, who don't read many books and can't read many words. , Whoever has the loudest voice, they will listen to and believe whoever says it.”

Gu Li handed the paper tube to Yu Guangle: "This article will be published in "Da Chu Morning News" tomorrow."

Gu Li looked proud: "In terms of loudness, can they beat me?"

The next day's "Da Chu Morning Post" sold out after a rare three hours.

It's not that no one came to buy it, but that Yu Guangle hired more people and printed it overnight, so that more people must read today's newspaper and hear Gu Li's voice.

There was a "snap", the sound of porcelain breaking.

The Queen Mother was extremely angry, and her well-maintained face was distorted: "What a piece of "An Appeal Against Thieves", look at what it says, 'The prince broke the law and the common people are the same crime?!... His Majesty convicts Prince Cheng and other relatives. , not in disregard of the principles of ethics, but to cut off brothers and sisters for the sake of all people in the world?'”

The queen mother crumpled up the newspaper and threw it on the ground in resentment: "Who is this Gu Yixing?! This so-called "Da Chu Morning News" was published by some daring traitor!"

Zuo Shijue bent down, picked up the newspaper, flattened it, folded it neatly, and said with a smile: "Even if the queen mother is angry, don't vent her anger on the newspaper that I bought with great difficulty. But "Legend of the Condor Heroes" is still impressive."

The queen mother couldn't help getting angry when she heard his relaxed tone, and said anxiously: "Shangshu Zuo, why are you still staying out of this matter? Look at what was written in the "An Essay Against Thieves". It's in the water."

Zuo Shijue laughed happily: "What did the Queen Mother say? What do you call us? I just gave the Queen Mother a small idea. Doesn't it still have to be decided by the Queen Mother?"

The queen mother was choked by him, her face darkened, and she said: "Master Zuo, you are willing to help the Ai family, isn't it because you want to pull Prime Minister Mu down from the horse? How many years have you thought about the position of Prime Minister? You can't hide it from others. Sad home!"

Only then did Zuo Shijue put away his relaxed smile, and said lightly: "So what? Prime Minister Mu is getting old, I can wait!"

The Empress Dowager had no choice but to soften her voice and beg: "Shangshu Zuo, you are always resourceful, this time Qin'er is in such a catastrophe, you must help Aijia!"

Zuo Shijue smoothed the creases on the newspaper, stared at "Today's Weather" which only occupied a small corner, and thought: "This time, I'm afraid I can't do anything about it."

Wang Zheng fell down, and Mu Hualing got up again. His Majesty's favored eyes will never fall on him.Seeing that Mu Hualing took all the power of the six departments into his hands step by step, he could only struggle in this day-to-day tightening, how embarrassing he was.

Zuo Shijue bid farewell and left, left the palace, and got into the sedan chair.He asked the bearers to detour and go to the newspaper shop of "Da Chu Morning News" first.Sure enough, a team of officials surrounded the newspaper shop and ordered it to close immediately.

Zuo Shijue sneered, and he didn't know which foolish official ordered it, and didn't he know to read the "Da Chu Morning Post" carefully?From the "today's weather" alone, one can see that the "Da Chu Morning News" is backed by the emperor.

His Majesty's prediction of the weather on the top of the city, regardless of which eunuch from the Lingtai was behind the calculation, was still fresh in Zuo Spazey's memory.Looking at today's weather, it's always about the same. With a bit of brain, I can guess that this "Da Chu Morning News" is surnamed Huang.

Zuo Shijue got off the sedan chair and walked towards the newspaper workshop.Some of the official messengers recognized Zuo Shijue, and hurriedly led him to salute.The apparent owner of the newspaper shop is an inconspicuous middle-aged man, with good eyesight, he has recognized Zuo Shijue, and hastily stepped forward to salute: "Shangshu Zuo, the villain, this newspaper shop is in charge of business. The old man is not deceived, and I don’t know what kind of misunderstanding these officials have, and I asked Zuo Shangshu to be the master of the villain!"

Just as the officials were about to speak, Zuo Shijue said, "You all step back."

The officials were stunned, they didn't expect that the dignified second-rank official of the imperial court would speak for such a small newspaper.Seeing that although Zuo Shijue was smiling, his expression was unquestionable, the officials hesitated for a while, and led them away.

The owner of the newspaper shop thanked him again and again, and Zuo Shijue got on the sedan chair and left.

Zuo Shijue was not in a hurry to return home, he made an appointment.The sedan chair stopped outside a silk and bamboo teahouse, Zuo Shijue got off the sedan chair and entered the teahouse.

This is not the kind of teahouse where the storyteller Liu Jingting hangs out. The location of the teahouse is remote, the environment is quiet, few people visit, but if there are customers, they must be distinguished guests.

Zuo Shijue walked into the teahouse and went up to the Accord on the second floor.A middle-aged man was already waiting inside.The man was wearing a four-sea flat scarf and dark clothes. He held a booklet in his left hand. He looked like a scholar. He looked 37, and he was in his prime.

This person is Zhang Yi, the leader of Southern Fushe.

After the two exchanged pleasantries, Zhang Yi showed the brochure in his hand, on which there were four large characters on the right "Da Chu Morning News".It was bought by someone sent by the teahouse and placed in the Accord for the entertainment of the tea drinkers.

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Shangshu Zuo, my foolish brother just read the "Da Chu Morning News", it's very interesting."

Zuo Shijue sat down opposite him and asked, "Oh? Brother Zhang Xian, what did you see?"

"It goes without saying about "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". Recently, there has been a frenzy of eagle shooting in Beijing, and even people like Brother Yu who admire the retro style of writing are not immune. Let's talk about this "An Essay Against Thieves", although it is a big Vernacular, but there are also many subtle words, common people can understand it, it can be said that it is both refined and popular. According to my brother Yu, in the near future, there will be a lot of vernacular articles in Beijing."

Zuo Shijue smiled slightly.

"Looking at the author of this article, Gu Yixing, I don't know whether this is his real name or a pseudonym, but no matter what, he dares to use the imperial surname, this person is not simple."

Zuo Shijue finally spoke: "So, this Gu Yixing, isn't your Fushe person?"

Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Fushe is just an ordinary literary society, how can there be such a strange person."

Zuo Shijue fixed his eyes on the newspaper and murmured: "Gu, Yi, Xing."

Who is he?

Prime Minister Mu finally dared to go out.

Today's "Great Chu Morning News", just after the servant bought it, he saw this "Anti-Thief Essay", and he, who has always had a keen sense of politics, felt that it was probably His Majesty's order.It is intriguing whether His Majesty bought the writer and wrote this article and published it in the "Da Chu Morning News", or whether this "Da Chu Morning News" is also His Majesty's intention.

He remembered that over a month ago, Jingzhong began to publish the Great Chu Morning News. Could it be that His Majesty has started to arrange it since then?

Also, who is this Gu Yixing?He has always been good at remembering people, but he has no memory of this literati named Gu Yixing.

Prime Minister Mu was thinking about it, when someone from the palace was sent, the emperor invited him into the palace, and Prime Minister Mu went out.

After yesterday's catastrophe, the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion was covered with scars. Although the gate had been cleaned up, there was still a trace of stench.Prime Minister Mu sighed and got into the sedan chair.

At this time, a stone flew out of the corner, and smashed on the sedan chair with a bang, and one of them scolded, holding his throat: "Prince dog! You have evil intentions! You are a cunning!"

The servants of the Mu Mansion were filled with righteous indignation, and were held down by Prime Minister Mu: "Forget it, let's go."

Prime Minister Mu didn't want to pursue the matter, but there were a few peddlers on the side of the street. They immediately put down their burdens and rushed into the corner, shouting and smashing. Prime Minister Mu was dumbfounded. Go and see, don't make a fuss.

Not long after, the crowd picked out a person from the corner, escorted him to Prime Minister Mu's sedan chair, and scolded: "You bastard, you're blind, and Prime Minister Mu helped His Majesty crack down on corrupt officials. For whom? Not our people?!"

Prime Minister Mu was stunned.

The tall and thin man who was picked out was also stunned, and said angrily: "It is clearly written in the proclamation that this dog prime minister persuaded His Majesty to arrest so many people just to punish his opponents. If this kind of person stays in the court, we ordinary people How can you have a good time?"

Before Prime Minister Mu could speak, the people along the way sneered and said, "Fool! Fool! Another fool who fell for the traitor!"

Another person said: "Oh, don't tell me, if I hadn't read today's morning paper, I would have misunderstood Prime Minister Mu too!"

"Look, it's clearly stated in the "Calling Against Thieves". Are any of the officials arrested by His Majesty wronged? These people even embezzled the compensation money that His Majesty gave to the wounded soldiers. Their hearts are really dark. ah!"

"A while ago when the rebel army attacked the city, it wasn't these soldiers who protected us, but that was the money they got in exchange for their lives!"

"That's right. It's also said in the "An Essay Against Thieves" that these people are used to being greedy. They use the pension case to bring up other cases. If they don't catch them all this time, these people will definitely return. To embezzle and accept bribes and harm the people!"

"However, Your Majesty and Prince Cheng are brothers and sisters. Putting Prince Cheng in prison, wouldn't it be a waste of ethics and family ties?!"

"The prince commits the same crime as the common people! If the Prince Cheng is not corrupt, His Majesty will not touch him! People in the Prince Cheng's mansion usually show off their power in the capital, relying on the Queen Mother's favor, they are about to leave! Your Majesty will do it!" Well done! It's best to take care of all those dignitaries!"

"Your Majesty acts impartially and does not show favoritism. This is a great thing! Could it be that Your Majesty sheltered you as a prince and left him in the capital to bully our common people? Are you happy?!"

The crowd around the audience echoed.Someone kowtowed to Prime Minister Mu and said, "Prime Minister Mu, tell Your Majesty more, you must catch all these corrupt officials!"

Prime Minister Mu asked people to get up, ordered them to release the tall and thin man, and said: "Everyone knows the truth, your majesty has already said that a supervisory department will be established in the supervisory office in a few days, do you have any complaints?" Anything can be reported to the Supervision Department.”

Everyone praised him repeatedly, and Prime Minister Mu got into the sedan chair and went to the palace.

When he arrived at the palace, Gu Li was discussing matters with the newly appointed Inspector Zuo Du Yushi, Minister of Criminal Justice Hong Zhenqiu and others.

Gu Li avoided Prime Minister Mu's gift, and said with a smile, "Prime Minister Mu has recovered?"

Prime Minister Mu smiled and said, "It's strange to say that today, the old minister's servant brought back a copy of "Da Chu Morning News". After reading it, the old minister recovered without any medicine!"

Gu Lidao: "There is still such a strange thing. It seems that I should also prepare a copy of the "Da Chu Morning News" in the palace to relieve the urgent need."

Seeing that His Majesty did not reveal anything about the "Da Chu Morning News", Prime Minister Mu stopped asking, and said, "I don't know why Your Majesty called the old minister here today?"

Gu Li found Prime Minister Mu's request for resignation and threw it back to him: "Since Prime Minister Mu has recovered from his illness, come back and continue to assist me! Prime Minister Mu can live without me, but I can't live without Prime Minister Mu!"

Since Gu Li published the "Calling Against the Thieves" in the "Da Chu Morning News", the trend of public opinion in the capital has changed, and many clean and honest officials have written articles denouncing the corruption case.Gu Lixin said that it's no wonder that they always talk about occupying the propaganda position. If the work of the propaganda outlet is done well, it can indeed get twice the result with half the effort.

For several days in a row, Gu Li has been using Gu Yixing's pen name to publish small essays on the "Da Chu Morning News", mainly explaining the recent policies of the imperial court, the progress of the investigation, publicizing the Da Chu treasures, and so on.

More than ten days later, other corruption cases involved in the pension bank case were also thoroughly investigated. More than 200 officials, large and small, were involved.According to the seriousness of the crime, Gu Li punished the family property, demotion, dismissal, etc. according to the severity of the crime. Gu Li's meaning was very clear, but anyone who took bribes, regardless of the amount of corruption, would never use it.There were eunuchs in the palace who lent money in private, and those who embezzled money from the palace to buy houses and shops in private were also found out one by one, and they were fired from their jobs and ransacked their homes and kicked out of the palace.

In addition, he set up a Supervision Department in the Metropolitan Procuratorate to collect public sentiments and opinions.

As for Prince Cheng and other relatives who committed crimes, Gu Li confiscated their Wang Zhuang and part of their property, and claimed that Prince Cheng had privately stockpiled soldiers and would be punished as treason.The queen mother went crazy when she heard it, and came to make trouble in front of Gu Li. Gu Li acted as if he could only give in and compromise, and said embarrassingly: "Okay, then I will use the Internet for the sake of the queen mother, and make Prince Cheng changed her title to hereditary descent.

The Empress Dowager thought she had won the quarrel, and when she left the Qianqing Palace, she thought about it when she went back, and she always felt that she had lost something.

The author has something to say: Let me tell you about this call-to-action. In the late Ming Dynasty, some people did post a call-to-action in the capital. It seems to be called "24 Qi", which included all the ministers in the court.Chongzhen also asked people to investigate, but they did not find out who did it.When I read history books, I felt that the peasant army in the late Ming Dynasty liked to engage in such tactics of "revealing posts anonymously" and "posting proclamations".

QAQ I updated [-] words yesterday, why no one praised me?Do I have to split the [-] words into two chapters to post?

By the way, Bong Bong will come out soon, and if he doesn't come out, he will spank Zhen Er's ass.