Mixed with salted fish in Hongwudang

Chapter 635 Debate!

Gao Ming, the chief assistant of the cabinet, originally thought that after the imperial meeting, the case of Yan Yi’s impostor would be settled, but he never expected that this case, which had already been discussed in a group meeting by the six ministries and nine ministers, would be exposed by a current article came out and caused an uproar.

This article was published in Nanjing News, and it took up an entire page to report it.

The huge title is very eye-catching, and it is in stark contrast to the engraved picture, and it is a picture taken from the map of hell in the sea towns and villages.

"The great Ming general slaughtered hundreds of people in the village. Is this the master of the king or the master of the ghost?"

Below this title, the author listed a series of events, how many people were massacred in a certain village, and listed some brutal killing methods.

Then he listed the brutal armies of the past dynasties, such as cannibals and eye-catching.

In short, without exception, these armies did not end well.

Finally, he discussed the principles of benevolence and called on Ming Dynasty to strengthen the control of the army, so as to avoid the situation of separatist regimes and towns that cannot be lost.

As soon as this article was published, it immediately caused an uproar, and many scholars rushed to write articles criticizing the Ming court.

It's just that their words are more tactful, even if they attack the court, they still save the face of the royal family. There are treacherous officials in the court one by one, and they received bribes from the general of the silver mine stationed in Shijian, so they were lightly convicted and so on.

After reading the article, Gao Ming was so angry that he didn't even eat. He led his men to the Nanjing newspaper headquarters overnight.

"Call out the person in charge here!"

Xie Kui hurried out when he heard the words, and when he saw that it was Gao Shoufu, he hurried forward to salute.

"I didn't know that when the old man from Gaoge arrived, I was disappointed to see him from afar..."

"Are you in charge here?"

Xie Kui nodded awkwardly upon hearing this.

"That's right..."

"Originally, His Majesty wanted me to train a few newcomers, and then hand over the affairs here. But I always feel that the newspaper office is a big deal, and I dare not easily hand it over to others."

Gao Ming immediately exploded when he heard this.

"You still know it's a big deal!"

"Let me ask you, what's going on with this newspaper today, why did it publish something like this!"

Xie Kui took the newspaper and read it. He only glanced at the headline and understood what was going on.

"Returning to Mr. Gaoge, this matter is a rule set by His Majesty when he was hiding in the residence. Newspapers cannot prohibit the publication of political commentary articles, and the articles of special commentators cannot be hidden. They must be given a chance to speak."

Gao Ming suppressed his anger and asked.

"Then allow them to slander the old man!"

"This old man doesn't even know the last name of that bullshit general, when did he accept bribes from him!"

"The old man is only responsible for the imperial court, the world, and the country of Ming Dynasty, so he let him go lightly and left him with a dead body!"

"However, is there something wrong with this old man?"

"Is there any reason!"

When Xie Kui heard Lao Gao say this, his heart was filled with guilt.

"Old Gaoge calm down!"

"Your official knows that you cherish feathers, not to mention accepting gifts, you don't even accept Shuxiu from students, you are the most honest and upright official in Ming Dynasty..."

"But the newspaper is independent of the imperial court, and even the imperial power cannot interfere. That is also the rule set by our Majesty!"

"Your Majesty said that as long as you are a member of the Ming Dynasty, you have the right to express your opinion in the newspaper. Even if the opinion is wrong, it is the newspaper office and the court that need to improve, instead of blaming the people who express their opinion."

"This is called spreading the word and letting the people supervise the court and local officials!"

When Gao Ming heard this, his anger had already subsided a lot.

He finally understood that the newspaper office is the place where His Majesty the Emperor speaks to the people of the world.

This has great benefits. Even if he becomes an official in the future, he can still express his views on government affairs through newspapers.

In comparison, the grievances I have suffered right now are really nothing.

But Gao Ming was still angry, pointing at Xie Kui and cursing.

"it is good!"

"Since it is a rule made by His Majesty, the old man respects His Majesty and will not force you!"

"But you have to tell me who this guy named Luo Dazui is, why does he say that the old man took advantage of who!"

"The old man must reason with him!"

When did Gao Ming suffer such a big grievance? Back then, he was known as the most fast-talking person in the capital. Now someone dares to blatantly pour dirty water on him. If he doesn't get back to this place, he can't even sleep.

Xie Kui said with a troubled face when he heard the words.

"Old Gao Ge, according to the rules, the newspaper office must keep the information of the specially invited commentators confidential..."

"I don't care, if I can't get this person's information, I will sleep in your newspaper today!"

Xie Kui saw that Gao Ming was acting like a rascal, so he didn't think he was wrong at all, so he could only go back to the room and take out a booklet, and pretended to talk to the staff next to him.

"Isn't it time for the guest commentator's embellishment to be posted?"

"Just in these two days..."

"You guys count down the roster of embellishment pens and hand them over to me, and I will approve them now!"

"promise!"

Not long after, several staff members handed the completed list to Xie Kui, and Xie Kui gave a few replies on it, and went to the latrine on the pretext of having a stomachache.

Gao Ming has been watching with cold eyes, seeing Xie Kui leaving, knowing that this is an opportunity Xie Kui deliberately left for him, so he hurried forward to read it, and he found Luo Dazui's message.

It's better not to see it than to see it, because this guy is not easy to mess with!

Luo Guanzhong?

Isn't this old man a storybook writer? Why do you have nothing to do with this matter?

After Gao Ming learned of Luo Dazui's real name, he didn't go directly to Luo Guanzhong's house, but went to Yang Xinlu's.

Yang Xinlu was already about to fall asleep under the care of his concubine, when he suddenly heard the porter report that an old man surnamed Gao knocked on the door, he was so angry that he wanted to let the dog bite him to death.

Yang Xinlu was wearing clothes, and came to the living room with bare feet and shoes. Seeing her husband frowning, she became furious.

"You don't sleep in the middle of the night, and you don't let others sleep!"

Gao Ming ignored Yang Xinlu's complaints and just handed over the newspaper scolding him.

"Look at this first..."

Yang Xinlu took a look, only glanced at the headline and threw the newspaper aside.

"I read this during the day. Although what Lao Luo wrote is a bit outrageous, it is generally reasonable."

"When our Ming army fights overseas, we still need to pay attention to the methods and influences."

"If they are allowed to kill innocent people indiscriminately, these generals will inevitably develop arrogance in the long run. It is hard to say that they will not repeat the mistakes of the Tang dynasty."

Yang Xinlu shook his head when he heard the words.

"You're only talking about the benefits of this article, don't you see the disadvantages behind this article?"

"harm?"

"What's so bad about this thing?"

"It's just the ramblings of a folk literati. Whether the court likes to listen to it or not, even if no one listens to him, what can he do to you?"

Gao Ming shook his head again.

"There are three disadvantages in this matter!"

"First, it opened a precedent for folk scholars to discuss government affairs."

"If the imperial court ignores national law and imposes the death penalty on General Yan because of public opinion, this will not only be unfair to General Yan, but also disrespectful to the Three Laws of the Ming Dynasty."

"Secondly, it is a critical period for the Ming Dynasty to expand overseas territories. The case of General Yan is not only concerned by the people of Japan, but also by the leading generals of our Ming Dynasty!"

"When the soldiers lead the army outside, it is inevitable that there will be decisions to kill and cut. During this period, who would care about who was killed by mistake or who was killed in vain?"

"If there were rules in everything, then the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty wouldn't have to fight."

"Thirdly, there are many scholars in Ming Dynasty. Once this matter is fermented, it will inevitably cause scholars to despise soldiers."

"Once it rises to a certain height, it will cause civil and military disputes, which will inevitably waste the country's power and affect His Majesty's use of troops in the Western Regions!"

"Therefore, during this special period, our court must be consistent with the outside world!"

Yang Xinlu felt a sense of awe when he heard Lao Gao's words, he stood up and bowed to Gao Ming.

"Gao Shoufu, the old man didn't understand until now why His Majesty appointed you as Shoufu!"

"You are the chief assistant, and you deserve it!"

Seeing this, Gao Ming waved his hands impatiently.

"You don't want to embarrass me!"

"Don't think that I don't know what's going on in your heart, don't you just think that I'm a firecracker with a short temper, and I don't tolerate sand in my eyes, and I treat my subordinates too harshly!"

"But why did we lose our temper at that time, because we were just a country man. If we didn't even lose our temper, how could we live!"

"Now we are the Chief Assistant of the Ming Dynasty, No.1 under the Emperor. We have to be responsible for His Majesty, the country, the officials, and the people of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, we can't just think about things according to our temper!"

As soon as Gao Ming said these words, Yang Xinluo's evaluation of him became even higher.

"The old man has been taught!"

"Lao Gao, just tell me what you want to do. I know Luo Dazui, Luo Guanzhong, who wrote the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and I have met you several times."

"Whether you want to put him in prison, or let him change his words, the old man can cooperate with you!"

Gao Ming blushed in embarrassment.

"There's no need to go to jail. The old man just wants to take the time to reason with him, and then publish the results in the newspaper, and let him apologize to us..."

Yang Xinlu laughed out loud when he heard this.

"Okay, so you have nothing to do and want to find someone to fight!"

"to make!"

"This matter is on me. I will ask him to go to the Imperial College tomorrow. We will discuss it in front of scholars of the Ming Dynasty, and then call the chief editors of several newspapers over. After the debate is over, it will be printed on the same day, and it will be published in the newspaper tomorrow! "

Hearing this, Gao Ming cupped his hands towards Yang Xinlu, then left without saying a word.

Although the brilliant idea is quite beautiful, I want to save my face through theory and dispel the misunderstanding of myself by scholars.

However, after a night of deliberation, not only the scholars in the capital rushed to the Guozijian the next day, but even the foreign envoys stationed in Daming also ran to watch the fun.

These envoys from foreign vassals were different from the general spectators. They held up banners while watching the excitement, questioning the unfair treatment of Ming Dynasty, and expressing sympathy for what happened to the Wa Kingdom.

In fact, this matter is also easy to understand. If a fox dies on the first mound, things will hurt its kind.

Now Daming has garrisons in all the feudal states, if the matter of the garrison of the Japanese state is not handled properly, the garrisons of other feudal states will follow suit, and they will not be able to bear the massacres in their feudal states.

Therefore, a group of vassal states made a big fuss about the affairs of the Japanese state, invited many scholars to wave their flags and shouted, and published articles slandering the court ministers in newspapers.

They also saw that the emperor didn't mind as long as he didn't call the emperor a coward in the newspapers and scolded a few ministers.

In fact, Lao Zhu really didn't mind, he wished that all the people in the world would stare at the court officials for him.

Therefore, Lao Zhu was happy to see the results of scholars using newspapers to criticize the government.

It's just that I'm very dissatisfied with the behavior of several vassal states such as North Korea and Vietnam jumping up and down.

Quer is a small country, we don't send troops to destroy them and cut off their priests, which is already a great deal of face.

They don't want to repay their kindness, so they dare to complain?

After Gao Ming saw the numerous reports in the newspaper and heard about the grand occasion at the Imperial College, he didn't want to argue with Luo Guanzhong.

Because things have reached this level, the outcome of the debate is no longer important, and many people are just shouting and screaming under the control of their emotions.

But Gao Ming decided to fight again and again, not for anything else, but for his reputation alone, and he couldn't admit it.

When Gao Ming arrived, Luo Guanzhong was getting lost in the pursuit of a crowd of book fans, and with the sponsorship of the bookseller, he signed autographs for enthusiastic fans.

Seeing this situation, Gao Ming's disgust towards Luo Guanzhong increased a bit.

"It's no wonder Confucius punished Shao Zhengmao. For some scum who corrupt Gangchang, they can only be eliminated from the body!"

When Luo Guanzhong heard this, he said something without looking back.

"Even if I'm Shaozhengmao, how can someone have the face to say that he is Kong Shengren?"

"Even if someone is shameless, since he is a sage Kong, he has to ask the scholars in the world to agree or not!"

"you!"

Gao Ming lost the first match, and was beaten by Luo Guanzhong before the formal debate.

"This old man doesn't know as much as you do!"

"Yang Xinlu, when will the debate start today? I still have a lot of memorials to deal with in the cabinet, but I don't have much time to chat with some idlers!"

Yang Xinluo heard this and trotted over quickly.

"Start immediately!"

"Come, come, I invite you two to come on stage!"

"Everyone, be quiet. The Imperial Academy is honored to invite two great talents to discuss today..."

"One of them is Gao Ming, the chief minister of the current dynasty. Let us welcome him with warm applause..."

Although Yang Xinlu yelled very hard, the scholars below naturally didn't buy it.

There is a characteristic of scholars in Ming Dynasty. If you are a literati in the opposition, you will be sought after by anyone.But once you become an official, no matter what you say or do, you can be picked on by them.

Gao Ming is such an example. When he was in the opposition, his literary voice was so loud that he was sought after by countless scholars.

Now that he is the chief assistant of the Ming Dynasty, the scholars at the bottom look down on him every day and want to find fault with him every day.

Facing the sparse applause, Yang Xinlu said awkwardly.

"it is good!"

"Thank you for your warm applause. Next, I invite the special writer of Nanjing News, Mr. Luo Guanzhong, the author of Romance of the Three Kingdoms..."

As soon as everyone heard Luo Guanzhong, they didn't need Yang Xinlu to remind them to applaud. Every excited slap would shatter.

"Mr. Luo!"

"Mr. Luo!"

Luo Guanzhong stepped onto the stage shyly when he heard the words, and waved to the people below.

"Thank you for your love. Today, I am honored to be invited to debate with the chief minister of the court in public. I am also very honored!"

"No matter what the outcome of today's debate is, this old man insists on ruling the world with benevolence, not by force!"

"If the old man has something inappropriate, please forgive me!"

"Mr. Luo Gaoyi, we will definitely help you!"

Gao Ming watched Luo Guanzhong interact with the people below with a gloomy face, as if he was possessed by lemon essence.

"Is the noise over?"

"The noise is over, let's start!"

"Nah... the old man finished speaking, I invite Mr. Gao Ge to express his opinion!"

Gao Ming snorted coldly when he heard the words.

"May I ask Mr. Luo, what is benevolence?"