The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1688 Inspecting the Flower House

That night, all the policemen in Baling City and a large number of soldiers began to carry out a large-scale inspection of the flower buildings and boats.

Seventeen of the officers tipped off the news and were all arrested. That night the county government sentenced them to exile thousands of miles away and sent them directly to the north to work as hard labor.

When the Hualou Huachuan was attacked, many prostitutes were stuck on the bed, but most of them were safe and sound. It was just a false alarm.

However, among the prostitutes who went to Qingjiang Commercial Bank's Hualou Huachuan, there were ordinary people who had nothing to do. Many of them were innocent and had nothing to do. Anyone who had colluded with Qing officials or had close relations with Qing State were all arrested in the name of cooperating with the case. yamen.

Those flower houses and boats of Qingjiang Commercial Bank must have some violations of government regulations, such as the kitchen being too dirty, such as using bright yellow silk and satin when some old laws stipulate that it should not be used, such as beating and imprisoning women, as long as you find a reason, Everything will be seized immediately, and all the old bustards will be sent to the county government.

When encountering a flower house that really couldn't find any reason, the police officer seized the flower house on the grounds that the flower girl was dressed immodestly.

Early the next morning, the news that Baling City had seized all the flower boats of Qingjiang Trading Company spread throughout Xiangzhou as if it had wings. At the same time, it was accompanied by news that Xu Sheng Fang Yun was very dissatisfied with the actions led by Hua Qingniang and Ge Yiming. Some people in Xiangzhou betrayed Jingguo and curried favor with Qingguo. After the two scoundrels Dong Wencong and Fang Shouye found out, in order to cater to Fang Yun, they immediately began to inventory all the flower buildings and boats. Last night we only targeted Baling. Starting from today, we will successively check all the flower boats and buildings in Xiangzhou, and we will never let go of any related industry of Qingjiang Trading Company.

When the news spread throughout Xiangzhou, many people knew that Qingjiang Trading Company's flower house and flower boat in Xiangzhou was completely finished. Even if there was no further investigation, no one would dare to go there again.

The people of Xiangzhou who had been opposing Hua Qingniang rushed to tell each other after receiving the news, because they knew that Fang Yun had not given up on them, and the governor saw everything, instead of being like those high-ranking officials who encountered such a thing. For fear of delaying their own power, they turned a blind eye and allowed people like Hua Qingniang to flourish. As a result, the people found that defending their country would not only be attacked by some spies, but also be despised by officials who held the power of the country, and they gradually gave up protecting themselves. country.

In a rare move, neutral scholars from all over Xiangzhou came forward to support the investigation of Qingjiang Commercial House.

Ge Songxiao, who has been in the spotlight recently, published an article on the forum. He did not directly attack Fang Yun, but pointed the finger at Dong Wencong and Fang Shouye, accusing the two officials of using their power to retaliate, and then made eloquent arguments, During the reign of Qingguo, Xiangzhou was far better than it is now.

Many Qingguo people supported Ge Songxiao in the article, praising Ge Songxiao as the only sober Jingguo person who dared to criticize Jingguo officials, and ridiculed the other Jingguo people as slaves.

Later, many people saw a ridiculous scene under the article, in which Ge Songxiao sneered at the scholars in Jingguo and doubled down on the scholars in Qingguo.

Soon, the scholars in Youjing could not stand it anymore.

"Yes, Ge Songxiao is indeed not a slave of Jingguo, because he is a slave of Qingguo."

"I am also from Xiangzhou, and I do not agree with Ge Songxiao's views in this article. In a sense, I hate Jingguo more than Ge Songxiao, but even so, I did not support Jingguo's opponent Qingguo because of this. , because I know very well that Qingguo is not a saint or a good person. They want to reserve more imperial examination places for their own people and want to give the best I want to leave my private school to my own people and leave the most profitable opportunities to my own people. As long as I am still from Xiangzhou, as long as there are any differences between me and them in appearance, culture, accent, etc., they will not be able to fully accept me. Therefore, I always think that as a Xiangzhou person, it is naive to talk about being loyal to Jingguo, and it can only be said to be mean and ignorant if you want to be loyal to Qingguo.”

"Why do I hate Jingguo? It's very simple. In Qingguo, a general just didn't salute the flag representing Qingguo, and he was criticized by scholars. In fact, I don't think it is a big mistake to forget to salute. I even don't like it. Those for this The people of Qing State get into big fights over trivial matters, but I envy such a country, because in Jing State, if you publicly declare that you are loyal to Jing State, you will be attacked by a large number of Jing State people. I really hate those people and hate this. country."

"I always believe that as a Jingguo person, it doesn't matter whether you are loyal to Jingguo or not. Everyone always has their own choice. However, the rulers of Jingguo have no choice and should not have a choice. Since they are in charge of this country, they must Factors that lead to national instability must be eliminated unconditionally. Take the Hua Qingniang incident as an example. A madam is indeed not worthy of the government's presence, and she is not worthy of the government's attention. Not worthy of it, but things got worse and worse, and even many powerful people in Xiangzhou stood up to support Hua Qingniang. It was understandable that those in power did not take action. However, when Hua Qingniang and the power behind him... Get away and start framing all those who defend Xiangzhou and support Jingguo in the name of the so-called "Xiangzhou thieves". If the people in power don't take action, I would rather see this kind of country perish. "

"So, when Fang Xusheng or Dong Zhoumu and Governor Fang started to deal with Hua Qingniang and Qingjiang Trading Company, and the revenge methods were extremely ruthless, causing Hua Qingniang and Qingjiang Trading Company to suffer huge losses, I was very happy. Over the years, Jing The country finally has an official who truly protects Jingguo, instead of fighting for power and excluding dissenters every day.”

"If one day, someone calls for the overthrow of Jingguo without being severely punished, and no one like Fang Yun stands up, then either the majority of those in power want to change the dynasty, or Jingguo is undergoing a change of dynasty. At that time, the people of Jingguo should be grateful that we will either become the strongest country of the human race, or become sacrificial victims with hundreds of millions of compatriots, and not be alone."

The reply of this Xiangzhou scholar immediately attracted attacks and sarcasm from both Qingguo and Jingguo scholars.

However, some people read his reply carefully and remembered this person's name.

Fang Yun put down the official seal and was silent for a long time after seeing this reply that was not sure whether it was cold-blooded or hot-blooded.

Fang Yun then looked at the documents on the table, which were all letters of recommendation from officials from various places.

Although the Dongsheng Pavilion did not issue a document to allow Xiangzhou to open the "Minbao", it did not stop it either. Now that many halls and pavilions of the Shengyuan allow or support it, the Dongsheng Pavilion will not stop Fang Yun from opening the "Minbao" unless it takes the risk of being isolated by the halls and courtyards. At most, it will delay issuing the Dongsheng Pavilion document, so that the "Minbao" is only a trial issue and can never become a formal publication.

Fang Yun issued the governor's document early in the morning, deciding to open the "Minbao" in Xiangzhou. The government is only responsible for reviewing but not for opening, and let the officials select a suitable non-official organization to take over the "Minbao".

Fang Yun thought that these officials would be more reserved, but he didn't know that half a quarter of an hour after the document was issued, officials from all over the country sent letters to the Xingdian Book Room, and then the people in the Book Room copied the letters and handed them to Fang Yun.

Because there were too many people sending letters at the same time, the ten people in the Governor's Office had to go to the Book Room together to copy the documents of officials from all over the country.

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