The Sage of Confucianism and Taoism

Chapter 1692: Publication of the People's Newspaper

In front of Guan Yi's cage, a large number of Baling City citizens gathered, and even the soldiers who were maintaining order were squeezed around the cage, with helpless faces.

In Dong Wencong's words, at first glance, it seemed that the people of Panorama Kingdom were crowded here.

In front of Guan Yi's cage, there was a temporary notice board, and many yamen runners tried their best to protect it so that it would not be squeezed down.

The notice on the notice board told that Guan Yi was willing to accept this punishment, and pointed out that Guan Yi clamored to give away the country. In the end, Fang Yun gave him three feet of land.

The notice at the back listed the proceeds from the search of Guan Yi's house, with a total valuation of more than 10 million taels of silver, far exceeding the normal value of Jinshi. If the literary treasures and divine objects were not counted, the wealth of many university scholars' families would be around 3 million taels of silver.

According to Dong Wencong's instructions, the copying clerks specifically noted the sources of some of Guan Yi's family property, most of which were related to Qingjiang Commercial Bank, the Qing royal family and Qing officials.

Therefore, there was no need for the state government to spread the news. Various rumors spread, and soon the whole Baling City and even the whole Xiangzhou knew that Guan Yi was doing things with the money of Qingguo.

Afterwards, scholars from all over the country stood up and began to burn the supplement of "Xiangzhou Dibao". Many people took the initiative to burn it for fear of getting into trouble.

The influence that Guan Yi had previously caused in Xiangzhou disappeared silently.

Most people in Xiangzhou did not care about the ownership of Xiangzhou, but only cared about their own lives. However, even the most neutral people would not support people like Guan Yi.

Hua Qingniang and Guan Yi were the backbone of the anti-Jing movement. Because the government did not take action before, many people were disappointed. Now the two were punished so severely one after another. The people of Xiangzhou were in high spirits. Teahouses and taverns everywhere talked about it, and all praised Fang Yun for his wisdom.

Fang Yun's imprisonment of Jinshi set off a continuous war on the discussion list, and all the scholars of the ten countries were involved.

Some scholars from other countries thought that Fang Yun had gone too far and should not treat Guan Yi like this. He should save face for Guan Yi, after all, they were all scholars.

However, some people thought that if Guan Yi had only committed minor offenses, Fang Yun's punishment would have been excessive. However, as an official of Jing State, he openly advocated giving up the territory for free, which was equivalent to treason. He was not beaten to death, which proved that the people of Xiangzhou were too kind.

Battlefields were opened up in various places on the discussion list. Some articles discussed "whether treasonous remarks are legitimate remarks", some discussed "whether openly supporting the giving away of important territories is treasonous remarks", and some discussed "whether Fang Xusheng's punishment is excessive", and so on.

The situation in Xiangzhou was complicated.

The people had been oppressed by the people of Qing State for so many years, and were taught a lesson by the running dogs of Qing State such as Hua Qingniang and Guan Yi. It was not easy to encounter such a gratifying event, and they began to celebrate in various places, making tonight like a festival.

Especially because the scholars who participated in the imperial examination after belonging to Jing State had their own future firmly tied to Jing State, they strongly supported Fang Yun.

All the officials of Xiangzhou stopped their actions on the surface and gave up their name to oppose Fang Yun. However, they all reported to the cabinet and the Holy Court to impeach or report Fang Yun.

Since Fang Yun became the virtual saint, the cabinet has not received so many impeachment letters for a long time.

With these impeachment letters, the left prime minister's party attacked Fang Yun at the court meeting the next day. However, the governor's punishment of the right minister, the university scholar's punishment of the Jinshi, and the virtual saint's punishment of the fifth-rank official of Xiangzhou were not considered faults on the Shengyuan Continent, and were not even considered dereliction of duty. After all, Fang Yun stood on the side of justice.

Therefore, no matter how aggressive the left prime minister's party was, they could not cause any harm to Fang Yun in the end, and could not even force Fang Yun to submit a letter of apology.

Fang Yun knew that a large number of Qing officials had impeached him, but he ignored it completely. Instead, after consulting with some officials in Xiangzhou, he handed over the affairs of the "Minbao" to the Fang family library. A review team composed of the state government and various departments was stationed in the office of the "Minbao" to review the content and avoid the appearance of content that should not appear.

Fang Yun personally formulated the style of the "Minbao", completely abandoning the model of books and using the form of newspapers in later generations.

On the front page and the first few pages of the "Minbao", important news from the human race or Jingguo were placed, and then divided into different pages, such as Xiangzhou news, Jingguo current affairs, human race policies, Shengyuan trends, imperial examination guidance, interesting stories from all walks of life, etc.

After seeing the sample newspaper, the officials who formulated the "Minbao" with Fang Yun were full of admiration. Dong Wencong was the most excited, because he was sure that this "Minbao" had far surpassed the "Wenbao" in all aspects. If it was issued to the entire human race, it might be able to compete with the "Wenbao" in ten years.

Dong Wencong thought about it and for the first time in his life, he put aside his pride and begged Fang Yun to give him an editorial position, and promised to personally work on the "Minbao" and do his best to protect the "Minbao".

Fang Yun has always been generous to his own people. Not only did he give Dong Wencong an editorial position, he also let Dong Wencong be responsible for the "Imperial Examination Guidance" page, and hired him as a column teacher for the "Tongsheng Trial Division" page, specifically writing articles to guide the students.

Dong Wencong was ecstatic after receiving the appointment and thanked Fang Yun repeatedly. When he left Fang Yun's study, he was so excited that he accidentally knocked his shoes flying, causing the people in the Governor's Office to laugh. The interesting story of the governor's flying shoes quickly spread among the officials in Xiangzhou.

Dong Wencong didn't care about making a fool of himself. After picking up his shoes and putting them on, he quickly left to prepare for the first issue of "Minbao".

Dong Wencong knew very well that in "Minbao", the people were most concerned about current affairs and local news, but the most valuable and highest-ranking one must be the Imperial Examination Guidance page.

Among the four sections of Tongsheng exam, Xiucai exam, Juren exam and Jinshi exam, the most difficult one is naturally the Jinshi exam guidance. Some talented Juren's understanding of the Jinshi exam even surpasses those of the old Hanlin and Jinshi. If they are not careful, the instructor may lose his reputation. Only the university scholar dare not guide the Jinshi exam.

Tongsheng exam is the simplest of the four sections. It seems that it is not as prestigious as guiding the Jinshi exam, but in fact, the Tongsheng exam has a larger audience. It can even be said that if the "Minbao" can be published in the whole human race, the Tongsheng exam section will be the page for half of the male group of the human race, and it is a position for educating hundreds of millions of students.

From now on, those young people who have read Dong Wencong's guidance articles, no matter what their status in the future, even if they become half-saints, will have to call Dong Wencong teacher when they see him.

His contribution to educating hundreds of millions of people is no less than that of the great scholars fighting in all directions.

Among the three immortals of merit, words and virtue, Dong Wencong has obtained a shortcut to "merit".

No matter how excited he was, Dong Wencong kept his mouth shut, because Fang Yun ordered all officials to keep all details of the "Min Bao" strictly confidential, otherwise he would be treated as a traitor.

The preparation of the "Min Bao" was silent.

On the first day of August, the Holy Academy of the Human Race published the "Holy Way" and "Wen Bao" as usual.

On the second day of August, the "Min Bao", the first truly private newspaper in the history of the Human Race, was officially published. The "Min Bao" did not have any publicity at all, but was only placed in the bookstores of the Wen Academy in various cities in Xiangzhou in the early morning, and even the book vendors were unaware of it.

The front-page headline of the "Min Bao" was titled "My First Letter of War", and the author was signed by Fang Yun.

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