The Great Wei Palace of Literature?
Li Guangxiao was somewhat silent as he pondered slightly before speaking.
“Does Your Majesty mean to say that he is worried about the Great Wei Wen Gong imitating this object?”
Li Guangxiao asked, frowning.
“En.”
The Empress nodded slowly, the importance of this object was something she knew at a glance, so she also knew at first glance that the Great Wei Wen Palace would not let go of this object.
“That’s true, the Great Wei Literary Palace has the world’s readers, if the Great Wei Literary Palace also came up with the same thing, I’m only afraid that it could instantly overpower Xu Qingnian this Great Wei Literary Newspaper ah.”
Li Guangxiao nodded his head.
The function of the newspaper was not simply to make money, but to spread the word and let the world know about something, and as the founder of the newspaper, he could subconsciously control the people of the world.
For example, if a Wei official did something, good or bad, and if the person writing the article was slightly biased towards the good side, the people would think it was good, but if they were slightly biased towards the bad side, then the people would inexplicably hate the official.
It’s as simple as that. If you write a few more times, the official will basically be out of business, and with the people’s verbal criticism, how can that official hold on to his position?
This is a tactic that works against both officials and Confucian officials of the Great Wei.
How could the Great Wei Wen Gong let go of this opportunity?
“I think that the Great Wei Palace of Literature will not do so, and even if it does, it will not issue it to the people, after all, it is something that Xu Qingnian started.”
“I think that the Great Wei Palace of Literature will issue a newspaper suitable for the literati, so as to manipulate the world’s readers.”
Li Guangxiao’s analysis, in the end, was still a problem. The Great Wei Palace of Literature was a place where the great scholars were piled up, so even if the methods were more contrived, they couldn’t be copied openly, right?
The fact is that it is not a problem to create an internal newspaper, to manipulate the world’s reading, he knows this.
But the empress shook her head and looked at Li Guangxiao and said.
“Teacher, the Palace of Literature today is not the same as it once was, you have been away from Great Wei for several years, there are some things you don’t understand.”
The empress slowly got up, and then said so.
“Does Your Majesty mean to say that the Great Wei Palace of Literature will do whatever it can to imitate the Great Wei Literary Gazette?”
Li Guangxiao asked.
“Not just imitate, but I believe that the Great Wei Wen Palace will do everything in its power to suppress the Great Wei Wen Daily, and they know even more about the importance of this item.”
“There is something within the Palace of Literature called the Zhaowen Notice, and its use is to regulate the intentions of the world’s literati.”
“And Xu Qingnian’s gaze is on the people of the world, so perhaps it will give the Great Wei Wen Palace an inspiration.”
“In that case, the Great Wei Literary Palace would only be afraid that at the first opportunity, they would make a similar literary notice and then suppress Xu Aiqing.”
The empress said so, because in her eyes, the Great Wei Literary Palace had completely changed, although there were still some great Confucians who had not changed their hearts.
But most of the Confucian scholars no longer had their hearts and minds in Great Wei.
The empress knew very well what kind of ambitions they had, otherwise why did she suppress the Confucian lineage so much after she ascended the throne?
Was it because she had no respect for the saints?
No, but the Confucian lineage wanted to be above the imperial power and ride on their own decline, but unfortunately they could not do so, so they began to have other ideas.
Were these Confucian officials involved in the Northern Expedition?
Were these Confucian ministers involved in the rebellion of the va*sal kings?
The rebellion in the Wei Dynasty, were these Confucian courtiers in the picture?
The empress knew all of this, but these Confucian courtiers were even more sophisticated, and they were the smartest people in the world.
This was something her father had said himself.
Even the defeat of the Northern Expedition had much to do with these Confucian ministers, but there was no conclusive evidence as to whether they were or were not.
So the world thought that these Confucian scholars were high-minded, that they were Confucians, and that no matter what, they would act openly and honestly.
But the empress knew that they were not the Confucian subjects of the Great Wei, but the Confucian subjects of Zhu Sheng, a group of people who only worshipped a dead saint in their hearts.
This group of people only worshipped a dead saint in their hearts, and would not truly submit to an emperor.
In this world, there were not only emperors in Great Wei.
“Then what does Your Majesty mean?”
Li Guangxiao asked.
“Wait and see what happens, but when it is time to make a move, I will not hesitate to help Xu Qingnian, Xu Aiqing.”
The empress spoke her mind.
This matter, she was not sure what the Great Wei Palace of Literature would do, everything was just a guess.
But if there was another dispute between the Great Wei Palace and Xu Qingnian, she would not hesitate to help Xu Qingnian.
Because she could see through and understand that Xu Qingnian was on the same side as her.
“Minister! Understood.”
Li Guangxiao nodded his head.
“Alright, that’s it for this matter, let’s see what the Great Wei Wen Gong will do first.”
The empress did not want to continue, let’s stop at the point, many things could not be finished in just a few words.
“I will leave first, Your Majesty will call me again if there is anything you want to do.”
Li Guangxiao nodded, he did not say more, he directly got up and left.
Looking at the departing Li Guangxiao.
The empress was silent, but did not say anything more.
It was just her gaze, which kept looking in the direction of the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
And at this moment.
In the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
Indeed, almost all the great scholars were sitting in the Palace of Literature, even Chen Zhengru and Wang Xinzhi, who were supposed to be discussing matters, but had to stop coming because there was something going on in the Palace of Literature.
Some of the great scholars may have known what was going on, so they were pensive, while others did not know what was going on.
Some of the great scholars did not know what was going on.
The Confucians were curious and unsure.
It was also at this moment that Yan Lei’s figure appeared.
He was holding a paper in his hand and looked serious as he walked towards Pengru.
When Yan Lei’s figure appeared, Chen Zhengru, Wang Xinzhi, Chen Xin, Zhou Min and several other great Confucian scholars did not look very good.
However, the Confucians did not speak up, but sat quietly.
Finally when Yan Lei was standing behind Peng Ru, Peng Ru’s voice rang out.
“Gentlemen.”
“This time, I have called you all here for a matter.”
“This matter concerns the Great Wei Palace of Literature, the Confucian students of the world, and the rise and fall of the Zhu Sheng lineage.”
Peng Ru spoke, and his first words made the Confucians extremely curious, not understanding what was going on.
But some of them still guessed something.
“Peng Ru, what do you mean by this?”
“Yes, Peng Ru, why is it so serious?”
“Peng Ru, is it possible that some great demon has appeared in the world again?”
“If there really is a great demon, can’t the Great Wei Palace of Literature still suppress it?”
Some great scholars who did not know what was right and wrong could not help but speak up, mistakenly believing that there was some great demon in the world, otherwise, what was the point of talking about this for good reason?
If not, what was the point of talking about this?
The Confucian did not say anything, but glanced at Yan Lei.
In an instant, Yan Lei picked up the paper and spoke to the great scholars.
“Gentlemen, this is called the Great Wei Wen Wei, and is divided into four sections, left and right, top and bottom.”
“They are Great Wei state affairs, interesting news about Kyoto, local politics, and some so-called shop propaganda.”
“Do you all think this object looks familiar?”
Yan Lei pointed at this object and said so.
But when he said this, the great scholars were curious.
Familiar?
Where did it look familiar?
The great scholars were silent and curious about each other, as they could not a*sociate anything with it.
But at that moment, a few voices suddenly rang out.
“The Zhaowen notice!”
“Isn’t this the Zhaowen notice from our Great Wei Palace of Literature?”
A few great scholars spoke up, faking an appearance of dawning enlightenment.
But as soon as this was said, many great scholars frowned, especially Chen Zhengru and Wang Xinzhi, who frowned furiously.
The Zhaowen notice?
What does this have to do with the Great Wei Literary Gazette?
The Zhaowen notice was a means for the Great Wei Wen Palace to notify the world’s academies, for example, if something big had happened recently, or if the Great Wei Wen Palace had something significant to notify.
Then it would write a Zhaowen notice, and with the help of the Sacred Weapon, it would instantly appear in the world’s academies, so that all the world’s scholars could see it.
To put it plainly, it is the same as a holy decree in Confucianism.
What is the Great Wei Literary Gazette? It’s a way for people to pa*s the time, to expand their knowledge, to know what major events have happened in the country recently, or what local events are happening.
As well as some local anecdotes, it’s purely something for the people to pa*s the time.
Can these two be mixed up?
Forced mixing?
And what is a holy decree?
Only Chen Zhengru and Wang Xinzhi did not say anything, but looked at each other and then continued to listen to Yan Lei’s next words.
“Yes, it is the Zhaowen Notice!”
“This object is called the Great Wei Wen Gazette, and what it records is some national events as well as local anecdotes for the people of the world to read and spend their time.”
“But this is an imitation of the Zhaowen notice of the Great Wei Palace of Literature, and how can national events appear on it in a dignified manner?”
“Is this an attempt to get the people of the world to participate in politics together?”
Yan Lei’s tone began to get harsher as he cupped the Great Wei Wen Gong and said in a rousing voice.
But when this was said, Wang Xinzhi could not help but speak up.
“Yan Ru, you’re going a bit too far, aren’t you?”
“I have read this newspaper, and although it contains the important matters of the state, they are all open to the public, and there is nothing untoward about them.”
“The content in it, I have read it carefully, there is nothing wrong with it, rather it can help the court and inform the proclamation, I do think this is a good thing.”
Wang Xinzhi opened his mouth, he inexplicably felt that Yan Lei wanted to say something, so he was the first to say his opinion.
Once this was said, Chen Zhengru also followed suit.
“Not only that, the Zhaowen notice of my Great Wei Wen Palace is essentially different from the Great Wei Wen newspaper, which is just to inform the people, polish their time, and amuse them.”
“The Zhaowen notice is to inform the Confucian students of the world, one is a pastime and the other is a notice, how can they be mixed up? Yan Ru, what you are saying is too far-fetched.”
As Wang Xinzhi and Chen Zhengru both spoke up.
For a moment, Yan Lei’s face looked a little uncomfortable.
But soon some other great Confucians spoke up.
“No, Chen Ru is wrong.”
“This Great Wei Wen Newspaper does somewhat imitate the Zhaowen Notice of my Wen Palace, and Yan Ru also said before that it was an imitation, and did not say it was a copy.”
“This imitation and borrowing is a regular occurrence.”
“En, the Great Wei Palace of Literature is a sacred place for the world’s scholars, so it is normal for someone to borrow and imitate.”
Several great scholars opened their mouths and lightly defined this matter as imitation, they also knew that it was a bit shameless to say that it was plagiarism, but imitation could indeed be involved.
Chen Zhengru and Wang Xinzhi frowned.
Especially Wang Xinzhi, who wanted to say something, but was pulled down by Chen Zhengru.
He instructed him not to say anything first and to see what Yan Lei was going to say.
“Yan Ru, what exactly are you going to say, just say it straight.”
“Yes, what exactly are you going to say, just say it straight.”
“After listening for half a day, I don’t know exactly what you are going to say.”
Some of the great scholars were very curious, this Yan Lei was talking about the east and the west, what exactly was he going to say, they still didn’t know ah.
When this was said, Yan Lei could not help but look towards Peng Ru, who nodded his head, as if he had received permission for a moment.
Yan Lei spoke up.
“Its meaning is simple, someone has imitated the Zhaowen notice of our Great Wei Wen Palace, which is this Great Wei Wen newspaper.”
“To write up the important events of the country is disrespectful to the court, and most crucially, this Wen newspaper is like a sharp sword.”
“Whoever controls the newspaper can control the hearts and minds of the people and the public opinion.
“But tomorrow when he says that the Sixth Minister is corrupt, the people will think that the Sixth Minister is indeed corrupt.”
“If one day, he slanders the Great Wei Palace of Literature in the middle of a newspaper, we will not be able to explain even if we are full of mouths.”
“Therefore, we absolutely must not sit on our hands and wait for death, we must create a Great Wei Wen Sheng newspaper at the fastest speed.”
Yan Lei spoke out his idea.
Speaking like this, he said.
When this was said, the Confucians frowned in curiosity.
And Chen Zhengru and Wang Xinzhi were even more filled with anger.
Because things were just as they had guessed.
“I’m afraid this is not very good, is it? This thing was created by Xu Qingnian, if my Great Wei Palace of Literature also builds the same thing.”
“Wouldn’t that become a joke to the world?”
Chen Zhengru spoke up, not from Xu Qingnian’s perspective, but from the perspective of the Great Wei Palace.
If the Great Wei Palace of Literature were to do such a lowly thing, would it not be a disgrace?
Sure enough, once this was said, a number of great scholars from the Great Wei Literary Palace spoke up.
“The Great Wei Literary Gazette was made by Xu Qingnian? That indeed cannot be done.”
“It’s Xu Qingnian again?”
“So it was Xu Qingnian.”
“This Xu Shouren is really smart and clever to have thought of this!”
“Chen Ru is right, if it were a direct imitation by the Great Wei Palace of Literature, it would indeed be somewhat unbecoming.”
Many great scholars spoke up, they thought it was a bit inappropriate, after all, only others copied theirs, where did they copy others?
Even if it was said that Xu Qingnian had imitated the Great Wei Palace’s Zhaowen notice, so what?
If the Great Wei Palace of Literature copied it back, it would be a disgrace and would not have any style at all.
Hearing many great scholars protest, the voice of Peng Ru rang out.
“Silence!”
With the sound of this voice, the great scholars were silent and did not speak anymore, waiting for Peng Ru or Yan Lei to speak.
Seeing the silence of the great scholars, Yan Lei continued to speak.
“All of you may not know how terrible this Great Wei Wen newspaper is, I have learned through secret reports from all sides that just this one Great Wei Wen newspaper has sold one million copies today.”
“And it is still because of the shortage of stock, which has affected the sales, otherwise, it is very likely that two million copies would have been sold in one day.”
“Do you know what two million copies is?”
“One copy of the newspaper can be seen by ten people, and these hundreds can be pa*sed on to ten times more.”
“That is to say, one copy of the newspaper can be seen by a hundred people to understand the situation.”
“If two million copies are sold, that’s 20,000,000 people, and the people of Kyoto will know what’s in it, even if they can’t read or write, they will be able to understand a little bit from what they hear.”
“If Xu Qingnian had written in the newspaper that a certain great scholar was of bad character, you would all think about the result.”
Yan Lei directly magnified the move, he searched all kinds of things, bought all kinds of information, and came up with this data that shocked all the great scholars.
At this moment, not to mention other great scholars, even Chen Zhengru and Wang Xinzhi were both literally shocked.
One million copies sold?
This publicity power was too terrifying, wasn’t it?
“Yan Ru, aren’t you exaggerating a bit?”
“Yes, a million copies? Even books such as mine have not sold as many as a million copies.”
“I don’t quite believe it, Yan Ru, have you been compelled by someone?”
The crowd’s reaction was straightforward, their first reaction was disbelief.
It was complete and utter disbelief.
Selling a million copies a day?
Even when they became great scholars and wrote books, they did not sell a million copies of their works.
It was not a question of money, when did the Great Wei Palace ever lack money? The imperial treasury has so much money, have you ever seen the Great Wei Palace of Literature fight for it?
You know that 30% of all tuition fees for the world’s academies go to the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
Even if they had to eat less and wear less, they would still have to pay for their offspring to go to school, plus there are countless wealthy people who are willing to pay silver to the Great Wei Palace.
Therefore, from ancient times to the present, the Great Wei Wen Gong has never been short of silver.
This is the strength of the Great Wei Palace of Literature, an extremely formidable strength, and the fundamental reason why they have remained intact for so long.
It is because all things are inferior but only reading is superior.
“Although I have abolished my position as a Confucian, I still have the bones of a great Confucian, so how could I deceive you?”
“If you don’t believe me, you can ask for it yourself when you leave later. Today’s paper, even if you don’t ask for it, some powerful people even spend ten or even hundreds of taels of silver to buy it.”
“You can seriously think about this: how much truth is contained in the books we write? Do ordinary people understand it? Can the people understand it? Even some scholars can’t read it.”
“So it’s normal that they don’t sell millions of copies, but Xu Qingnian’s newspaper is different, because what’s written in it is very concise and doesn’t go into detail, but it gives the people an idea of what’s going on.”
“It’s very easy to read, there’s no writing to speak of, it’s extremely friendly to the people and it’s normal to sell so many copies!”
Yan Lei explained seriously, and at first glance, he had put in a lot of effort, otherwise it would not have been possible to know so many advantages instantly.
For a moment, the great scholars were silent. Before they knew that this literary newspaper could sell so many copies, they didn’t care.
They just thought it was interesting, but when they found out that so many copies had been sold, how could they not be enthusiastic?
What they wanted was fame and endless fame.
To them, 10,000,000 taels of silver is no better than a thousand-year-old famous poem.
Looking at the crowd as they stopped talking, Yan Lei continued to speak.
“Gentlemen, Pengru has asked you all to come here to discuss this matter.”
“The Great Wei Palace of Literature, should we make our own literature newspaper, but Xu Qingnian is shameless and despicable in imitating our Zhaowen notice, but we cannot be so shameless.”
“Look, all of you, this is the Great Wei Wen Sheng newspaper prepared by Yan.”
As Yan Lei said this, he took out the Great Wei Wen Sheng Newspaper that he had prepared.
The fact that it could be ready in just a few hours was proof enough of one thing, he was determined to do this, and informing all of you was nothing more than a notice.
And Yan Lei took his own copy of the newspaper and gave one to each of the great scholars.
The size of the paper was the same, and the front and back were filled with things.
But the difference was the format.
Xu Qingnian was on the left and right side, while Yan Lei was on the top and bottom, the top half and the bottom half.
[The Affairs of the Great Wei] – [Confucian Talks at the Palace of Literature].
Two panels.
The great Confucians each had a copy, and then took a moment to look at it.
Soon, Yan Lei continued to speak.
“Gentlemen, this Great Wei Wen Sheng Newspaper, this is what I intend to do.”
“State affairs first, Confucian talks second.”
“Above state affairs, it will never be like Xu Qingnian, who uses the six ministries as a gimmick and engages in some evil ways, but writes about the state affairs of Great Wei in a dignified manner.”
“Never with any prejudice, right is right, wrong is wrong, Confucian style.”
“And the meaning of this Wen Gong Confucian Talk is simple: all the great scholars will take turns to write about their own feelings, whether it is the way of experience or the way of perception.”
“Either way, they can write them up, not only for the world’s literati to read, but also for the people of the world to read, so that they can educate their own children and thus understand the fundamentals of Confucianism.”
“In this way, this newspaper can be said to benefit the country and the people, for the benefit of the people.”
Yan Lei almost believed himself when he said something like that.
But it was some such words that made all the great Confucians almost moved in their hearts.
As great scholars, they were indeed high and mighty on the outside, but that was on the outside.
The scholars knew them because they were Confucians.
But the people don’t know them.
Sometimes they want to explain something to the people, but the problem is that the people don’t listen to them.
No, it’s not that they don’t listen, it’s that they don’t understand.
And most of the newly promoted readers read the books of the saints, and only when they were almost adults would they choose to read the words of some great scholars themselves.
But now Yan Lei’s words, what is the meaning of the words?
One can publish one’s own feelings and words for the people of the world to see, and let some ignorant children know that a sapling is planted for them when they are young.
Then that child would be extremely likely to be his or her own disciple or protégé in the future.
In an instant, it was impossible for the great scholars not to be excited.
Writing a book is long and complicated, and it makes sense that no one would read it!
But if you write a book with a few words, even if the people can’t understand it, it’s not too much to ask them to buy it for their own children, right?
It would be a great benefit to them to have a reader explain it to them.
Good!
Yes!
Yes!
This is feasible, completely feasible.
The great scholars gradually understood the significance of the paper, and they were so excited that they whispered to each other for a while, all looking very satisfied.
Seeing this scene, Yan Lei also stroked his beard in satisfaction.
Only at this moment, Wang Xinzhi couldn’t help but speak up.
“After all is said and done, it’s still not copying others’ stuff?”
“This Great Wei Wen Sheng Newspaper of yours, taking the same name, only with the addition of the word Sheng, is also too underhanded, isn’t it?”
Wang Xinzhi was a little annoyed.
He knew it was good, but the problem was that after Yan Lei had said something, he was clearly copying someone else’s stuff, yet he had to portray himself as a saint in general.
The most desperate thing was that even if you portrayed yourself, you were mocking Xu Qingnian in every word.
What kind of crooked and uneducated people are you?
The people who write about the state affairs have the permission of the six ministries, and they are all things that His Majesty allows to be made public, but in your mouth they are crooked and evil.
You write about state affairs, so you are upright and impartial? Even if your a*s is crooked, it is not so crooked as this, right?
At this moment, Wang Xinzhi inexplicably felt a little disgusted, a real disgust.
But when this was said, Yan Lei could not help but sneer and say.
“How nasty?”
“He, Xu Qingnian, copied our Zhaowen notice in the first place, and we have yet to find trouble with him.”
“Secondly, we are saints proper, also in the Great Wei Dynasty, adding a Great Wei in front represents respect for His Majesty, and Wen Sheng represents being a Zhu Sheng, and the newspaper represents being the name of this thing.”
“Where is there anything wrong with that? On the contrary, this Xu Qingnian, the Great Wei Wen Newspaper? What qualifies him to use the word Wen?”
“A mere Confucian, Wang Ru, I know that you are the Minister of Rites, and you have been extremely close to Xu Qingnian recently.”
“I am not angry that you are biased towards Xu Qingye, but I still have to remind you that you are, after all, a member of my Great Wei Palace of Literature, not his Xu Qingye’s men!”
Yan Lei’s words were sinister, and the meaning of his words was that you, Wang Xinzhi, were a great scholar of the Great Wei Palace of Literature, not one of his Xu Qingnian’s men.
“Yan Lei! What do you mean by that?”
At this moment, Wang Xinzhi could not stand up any longer and pointed at Yan Lei and roared.
Chen Zhengru, who was frowning at the side, also felt a little disgusted, and even a small portion of the great Confucian, of did feel a little indebted.
If you copied it, you copied it.
Even if you take a step back, you didn’t copy it, but at the very least you can’t take the Great Wei Wen Sheng newspaper, right?
This is not purely disgusting to Xu Qingnian?
If you say it was a dirty trick, it was really a little dirty.
“Silence!”
Peng Ru’s voice rang out as he once again put a stop to it.
“Let Yan Lei continue to speak.”
Peng Ru spoke up, letting Yan Lei continue to speak, clearly showing favouritism.
“Lord Wang don’t get angry yet.”
“Actually, I am not saying that I must mess with this Great Wei Wen Sheng Newspaper.”
“Old man has already written the zheng and intends to have someone bring it to His Majesty tomorrow.”
“Actually, I don’t agree that such things exist, the people discussing politics, which in itself is bad for the country.”
“If His Majesty is willing to seal this thing, then the Great Wei Palace of Literature will definitely not mess around.”
“But if Your Majesty is unwilling to ban this thing, then the Great Wei Palace of Literature will not sit idly by and wait for death.”
“It is still the same, today Xu Qingnian is praising your Six Ministries Minister, tomorrow he may have to belittle your Six Ministries Minister.”
“And this Xu Qingnian has always been a hater of our Great Wei Palace of Literature, so he might want to put all his efforts into this literature paper one day and insult us great scholars.”
“Just like that day, Xu Qingnian humiliated me before I could even achieve my clear intention!”
“At the same time, even if His Majesty does not seal this, I will still ask for a petition to return the name of the Great Wei Literary Gazette to my Great Wei Literary Palace, in that case, there will be no such thing as imitation or non-imitation.”
“After all, he Xu Qingnian is copying my Wen Palace’s Zhaowen notice, so it’s normal to have him return it.”
Yan Lei’s tone was calm.
However, these words completely P*ssed off Chen Zhengru.
“Yan Lei!”
“You are really shameless.”
“Let’s not talk about anything else, Xu Qingnian has only come to the Great Wei Palace of Literature once, and that was to prove his innocence, so how could he possibly know about something like the Zhaowen Notice!”
“Even if they knew, there is a substantial difference following the Great Wei Wen newspaper, you are now claiming that Xu Qingnian copied the Zhaowen notice from the Wen Palace.”
“It’s just wishful thinking, it wouldn’t have mattered, you Yan Ru are extremely thick-skinned and we all know it.”
“But what I didn’t expect was that you would ask His Majesty to ban this item, which is clearly beneficial to the country, but you were jealous of Xu Qingnian’s talent and reported it for impeachment.”
“And single-handedly prepared your Great Wei Wen Sheng Newspaper, and even more shamelessly asked Xu Qingnian to return the name of the Great Wei Wen Newspaper to the Wen Palace.”
“Shameless, shameless, when really shameless.”
Chen Zhengru was truly disgusted this time.
This Yan Lei was too disgusting, just too disgusting.
The tactics were extremely underhanded.
He was obviously preparing the Great Wei Wen Sheng newspaper here, deliberately disgusting Xu Qingnian, adding the word ‘Sheng’ to represent that he was the rightful ruler and that was enough.
It’s even better to not allow Xu Qingnian to use the four words of the Great Wei Wen newspaper, it must be returned to the Great Wei Wen Palace.
You are too disgusting, aren’t you?
What if only ten copies of the newspaper had been sold?
Would you say such things?
In the end, it’s just because of the influence of the Great Wei Wen Wei newspaper.
“Chen Ru, I see that you have also become Xu Qingnian’s henchman, right? As a great Confucian of the Wen Palace, it’s no matter if you don’t help the Wen Palace speak, you still help Xu Qingnian speak like this.”
“How much silver did Xu Qingnian give Chen Ru? If it’s not too much, the Great Wei Palace might be able to give it to you, but if not, I can lend you some?”
Yan Lei continued in a sinister manner.
After all, Chen Zhengru was the Minister of Officials, and the Ministry of Officials was very well off these days, as everyone knew.
So Yan Lei used this to attack Chen Zhengru.
“Brain disease.”
Hearing Yan Lei’s words, Chen Zhengru directly returned two words in a cold manner.
“You!”
“Degrading!”
And as soon as Yan Lei heard this, his face instantly turned a little red and he pointed at Chen Zhengru and shouted.
“You point at me again and see? I am the Prime Minister of the current dynasty and a great scholar of the Palace of Literature, what are you? Now that you have been stripped of your Confucian position, how dare you be arrogant?”
Chen Zhengru took a step forward and rebuked loudly.
As soon as he said this, some of the other great scholars stood up and pulled Chen Zhengru with them, after all, they were all family, there was no need to make such a fuss.
At this moment, Yan Lei was a bit furious, how could he not be angry at being humiliated like this?
But at that very moment, Peng Ru’s voice rang out.
“Lord Chen, when it comes to official authority, it is really heavenly.”
“Does the word Prime Minister require even the old man to pay homage to you?”
Peng Ru spoke, his voice slightly lowered.
Once this was said, the scene was once again quiet.
And Chen Zhengru’s face was extremely ugly, except that he did not continue to rage out loud anymore.
“Peng Ru has spoken harshly.”
“However, the student is not involved in this matter, nor do I wish to be.”
Facing the Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, Chen Zhengru still did not dare to be too bold, the Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth was after all a Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth.
However, he respected him and did not want to get involved.
“All those who do not wish to participate in this matter should withdraw.”
Peng Ru spoke up and gave the order to expel him.
Since you don’t want to get involved, then leave on your own, and of course if the Great Wei New Holy Newspaper completely catches fire among the people, you don’t want to get involved either.
The meaning was clear.
“Such a thing would damage the face of the Wen Palace, and even if I were more underhanded, Chen would not be able to do such a thing.”
“I’ll leave now.”
Chen Zhengru simply left, ignoring the persuasion of the other great scholars.
There was no other reason, it was really disgusting enough.
“The student will not participate either.”
“Please forgive Pengru.”
Wang Xinzhi followed suit, he too felt disgusted and did not want to participate.
“The student excuses himself.”
Great Confucian Chen Xin got up and followed suit.
“In that case, the student also leaves.”
Zhou Min also got up and left.
Then a series of seven or eight great Confucians got up and left, they were not of the Zhu Sheng lineage, and at the same time, like Chen Zhengru and the others, they actually felt disgusted.
Yan Lei clearly wanted a piece of the pie, wanted the world’s public opinion! This they agreed.
But if you want to share a piece of the pie, just share a piece of the pie, there is no problem to talk properly.
You have to step on Xu Qingnian, and even slandered others for copying the Zhaowen notice from the Palace of Literature, and even made several preparations to sue and ask Xu Qingnian to return the Great Wei Wen newspaper to the Great Wei Palace of Literature.
This is too disgusting, isn’t it?
How dare you! This is too disgusting! It was too underhanded.
As each of the great scholars got up and left.
Yan Lei’s face also looked very ugly.
But the final result was very good. Of the hundred and some great scholars, only thirteen left, while the rest did not leave, some of them perhaps hesitating, but most of them were still very interested.
Some may have hesitated, but most of them were still interested. In fact, after all, they saw the value of this object.
It would make them more well-known and famous, and perhaps with the help of this object, they could be promoted to the Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth.
This is not impossible.
The reason is that in order to be promoted to the Great Confucian of Heaven and Earth, one does not only need to be learned, but more importantly, one needs the recognition of a huge amount of public opinion.
This kind of recognition does not mean that the people of the world know you, but that you have brought great help to the people of the world.
Let the people of the world actually know that you have done something that has helped the people of the world, for example, a book you have written has actually benefited many people greatly.
Even ordinary people.
But the question is, how can the writings of a great Confucian be something that ordinary people can read and understand?
However, this Wen Sheng newspaper is different, writing 500 words and 1,000 words, not too many, as concise as possible, and spreading the word as widely as possible, which will definitely have a much better impact than a book.
Looking at so many great scholars who were still willing to stay, Yan Lei was still very satisfied.
As for Chen Zhengru and the others, he grunted inwardly.
He then waited for Cheng Zhengru and the others to leave.
Yan Lei began to reveal his true purpose.
“Gentlemen, I, Yan, have already thought of this matter, and I must ask you all to write a joint list and submit it to His Majesty.”
“To suppress the Great Wei Literary Gazette and attack it as being detrimental to the Great Wei Dynasty.”
“I implore Your Majesty to ban it! If Your Majesty bans it! We will then bring out the Great Wei New Holy Newspaper, and in this way, spread the true Confucianism to all of Great Wei.”
“And if Your Majesty does not seal the ban, then that is fine, we must attack Xu Qingnian for copying our Wen Palace’s Zhaowen notice and ask Your Majesty to issue a decree that Xu Qingnian return the four words of the Great Wei Wen Newspaper to the Great Wei Wen Palace.”
“Of course, we will not use this name either, we will still use the Great Wei Wen Sheng Newspaper.”
“If it is feasible, for every edition of the Wen Sheng Newspaper from now on, the Confucian talk at the bottom of this Wen Gong will be the words of your enlightenment.”
“A copy of the Great Wei Wen Sheng newspaper can be written by two people, and I have already contacted many printers, including some bookstore owners, who are extremely willing to sell this.”
“And we have the greatest advantage, and that advantage is the world’s academies of learning, and the world’s literati! They will definitely buy this item, and the people will also buy it.”
“This mere Great Wei Literary Gazette will not be able to compete with us, even if we compete any more.”
“Even, the Great Wei Literary Gazette doesn’t care about losing money, Xu Qingnian sells one copy for twenty wen, we sell it at cost, fifteen wen, after deducting the bookstore owner’s two wen profit, the loss won’t be much.”
“How about you all?”
Yan Lei said one sentence at a time.
He was compelling the crowd, and had even thought of how to sell it.
Who among the Confucians present did not know Yan Lei’s intentions?
It was only to suppress Xu Qingnian.
But it was none of their business to suppress or not suppress.
What they were most concerned about now was this ‘Wen Gong Confucian Talk’.
“Old man agrees.”
“Old man also agrees.”
“In that case, let’s do what Yan Ru wants.”
“Yes.”
In the end, some of the great Confucians spoke, they took a stand, while others did not speak, but silence was also an alternative answer.
A quarter of an hour later.
Yan Lei was satisfied, for no one objected.
And just then, the voice of Peng Ru slowly sounded out.
“In that case, then let Yan Lei host this matter.”
“Yan Lei, from now on you will be the chief writer of the Great Wei New Saint’s Newspaper, responsible for all matters, if you fail to do this matter properly, don’t blame me for being ungracious.”
Peng Ru spoke up, and there was some coldness on the surface, but in reality, everyone knew that Peng Ru was taking extra care of him.
By letting Yan Lei handle this matter, it was clear that Yan Lei was valued.
But the crowd had nothing to say, after all, as long as they all had a part to play, then it was fine.
In the end, all the great scholars left.
The only two people left in the hall were Peng Ru and Yan Lei.
After the people had left, Yan Lei let out a long breath and then bowed towards Peng Ru.
“Thank you, Peng Ru.”
Yan Lei opened his mouth and said with great excitement.
It was a great honour for him to be the author of the Great Wei Wen Sheng Newspaper.
But Peng Ru was calm.
“Don’t be too happy yet, Xu Qingnian is a tricky person, so you should be careful.”
“Right now we have the world’s literati and the academy as support, we are not worried about the distribution of the Wen Sheng newspaper.”
“Your eyes should be locked on the people, not the literati.”
“Be sure to keep that in mind, got it?”
Peng Ru spoke up, and he reminded Yan Lei not to target on the literati.
Instead, they should target, on the people, because Xu Qingnian could not capture the hearts of the readers.
But they could directly get the support of the world’s readers.
There was no need to solidify these readers, but only to compete for the people’s public opinion.
This was said.
Yan Lei nodded his head and said incomparably serious.
“The student understands.”
Once this was said, Peng Ru waved his hand and told him to leave.
It was just as Yan Lei was about to leave.
Peng Ru’s voice rang out once again.
“In the matter of the Wen Sheng Newspaper, His Majesty will definitely be biased towards Xu Qingnian, do something about this matter, but not in the Wen Newspaper, but go about it in private.”
“You should know how to do that.”
When he finished saying this, Yan Lei flinched for a moment, but quickly nodded and left straight away.
When he had left.
Peng Ru muttered again.
“The Wen Sheng newspaper is a sharp sword! Xu Qingnian, he has truly given us a great gift.”
“Be sure to hold on to this sword firmly, got it?”
He said this, but there was still no sound in the hall in response, not knowing whether he was speaking to himself or to others.
And at that moment.
In the middle of the Household Department.
Chen Zhengru and Wang Xinzhi had arrived long ago, and after telling them what had happened in the Palace of Literature.
The four ministers were completely exploded!
