Chapter 67                                                                                                                             �

Xu Jie's heart moved and said, "Borrowing the hand of Wang Longxi?"

Zhang Juzheng said: "It's not a lie. Zhou Mengchen has been running for Qixue. Judging from his actions in Jiangnan, I'm afraid he will put his career under Qixue. This time he did the imperial examination and did not find a way to mix some Qixue into the imperial examination. It would be strange."

"If Qixue enters the imperial examination, it will be the orthodox court. Can the Xinxue lineage accept it?"

"With the support of the teacher, Wang Longxi is a talented person. In addition to the fierce public opinion, Zhou Mengchen must have been useless this time and even shakes the foundation."

Xu Jie stood up and pondered for a moment, and suddenly he realized that the newspaper seemed to have changed a lot of things.

For example, this time today, before this, if Zhou Mengchen wanted to reform the imperial examination, he would submit the first thing to the court. The scope of the spread was very shallow, and only the authorities knew. Now, the situation was normal, and the city had already caused storms before the start.

It is precisely because countless people know that Xu Jie is under a lot of pressure.

If Zhou Mengchen only wanted to take the imperial examination, Xu Jie would not have gotten angry. Xu Jie had never seen any storms and waves, so he would not have gotten angry so easily. The reason why he got angry was a sense of powerlessness that was out of control of the situation.

Newspapers have changed a lot of the rules of the game.

Xu Jie was studying this new thing frantically. After listening to Zhang Juzheng's words, Xu Jie suddenly realized that the articles in the newspaper were also very powerful. If you want to gain the upper hand in a new medium like newspaper, first, you must have your own newspaper. This has been achieved, and the cabinet's own newspaper has been prepared long ago. With Xu Jie's ability, it only takes a minute to do it.

Secondly, there must be talents who can carry the tripod in the newspaper.

There are two types of talents, one is the talents who run newspapers. Xu Jie is not clear about how to run newspapers, but he is very clear about the need for specialized talents, and the second is the talent who can write articles in newspapers.

Xu Jie didn't think he could not do this when writing articles. But he also found that writing articles in newspapers seemed to be a new topic and was not something that ordinary people could do.

This is also one of the reasons why Xu Jie has been repeatedly defeated in the newspaper.

Zhou Mengchen is proficient in the various ways and can be called a compound talent.

Xu Jie knew very well that his energy was limited and he could not find suitable talents for a while. He remembered his talent reserves all the time. That is, the lineage of learning the mind. The lineage of learning the mind can be said to be full of talents.

I think someone can use it.

Even if there is no one, it is not impossible to buy yourself a little time and start from another place.

Xu Jie knew very well that he couldn't handle Zhou Mengchen in the newspaper, so he had to start from here and could start from other places. Many things in the war were you and I beat me. The same was true in politics.

Xu Jie said, "Okay, uncle, please immediately draft a letter for me to Wang Longxi. Please ask him to come to Beijing and discuss major events together."

Zhang Juzheng said: "Yes."

Xu Jie said: "Zi Shi, immediately ask the newspaper below you to refute Zhou Mengchen, and you must suppress Zhou Mengchen's arrogance."

Li Chunfang said, "Disciple understand."

Even though he said that, Li Chunfang knew that this was not a easy task. If Zhou Mengchen had so easily defeated the public opinion in the newspaper, Xu Jie would not have been so worried.

After Xu Jie sent away the two disciples, he spread a piece of white paper alone and quietly ground the inkstone. After a while, he was silent, he twisted a brush and walked on the white paper, leaving a beautiful string of pavilions: "My Grand Secretary Jie is too arrogant to hear, Zhou Mengchen, the Minister of Rites, spoke frivolously, and said he was a testimony, which shakes people's hearts----"

While Xu Jie was preparing, Zhou Mengchen was also drinking with Gao Gong.

It was very easy for two people to drink, a plate of pickles and a plate of dried tofu. It was just used to accompany the flavor.

Zhou Mengchen had to admit that he felt that he was already a workaholic. He knew that Gao Gong was the real workaholic. Since Gao Gong came to the Ministry of Personnel, he has made great contributions to refreshing the administration.

He almost supported the entire Ministry of Personnel alone, more than a thousand magistrates, more than a hundred prefectures, six ministers and nine ministers. He had to look at almost all the resettlements.

Of course, Gao Gong is not a god.

With such a large workload, Gao Gong could not finish it even if he was exhausted. However, Gao Gong faced the officials below with the most stringent requirements. I don’t know how many unqualified officials have been denied.

Even if there are any officials who have any other way, they will be stuck when they come to Gaogong.

There are many contradictions between Gao Gong and Xu Jie. However, there is a common language on the washing of the government. This allows Gao Gong's ability to be exerted.

It’s just that Gao Gong worked so hard that he seemed to regard the world as his own. He was simply sacrificing his family for his country. So much so that Zhou Mengchen wanted to get together with Gao Gong, so he was very sloppy.

It was so sloppy that in the office of the Ministry of Personnel, two plates of pickled vegetables and dried tofu, a pot of wine, and even a hot dish was not prepared.

However, although this pickled dried tofu seems simple, it is very refreshing and tastes good.

In fact, this is normal. Many people in later generations regarded pickles as the lowest food, but they didn’t know that in ancient winter there were no vegetables, they could only eat pickled food. Even the emperor did not have many fresh vegetables.

So the question is, will the ancient dignitaries betray themselves?

When I read ancient recipes, many pickled dishes were very particular. The taste was also quite good. I let countless literati and poets write them in their notes.

Gao Gong is now the Minister of Personnel. Even the pickles prepared by the Gao family will not be wronged by this boss of the Ministry of Personnel.

Gao Gong chewed pickles, giggled in his mouth, and pinched a newspaper, which was the article Zhou Mengchen said, "Brother Zhou, I understand what you mean. Many disadvantages of the imperial examination are naturally easier, but they are of great importance. You will dig the ancestral graves of people at once. Are you sure?"

Zhou Mengchen drank a glass of wine, which was Shaoxing rice wine.

These days, distilled wine is a drink by the lower class. Real scholars and officials generally drink rice wine. Shaoxing wine is a famous wine in the world.

Zhou Mengchen said: "The times are different. If this matter is said in the court, of course I will lose more than I win, but in the newspaper, I will win more than I lose less."

Gao Gong was a little surprised and said, "What's the reason?"

Zhou Mengchen said: "Brother Gao. Have you ever inspected the real editors in the Beijing newspaper office?"

Gao Gong was silent for a while and said, "I haven't investigated it, but I think they should be people who failed."

Zhou Mengchen sighed, "It's worthy of being Brother Gao. It's true. Not only newspapers, but looking at the world, scholars have always been the few who passed the imperial examinations and many who failed the imperial examinations. For the Hanlin Academy, the imperial examinations have given their lifetime glory. For those scholars who failed the imperial examinations, the imperial examinations have consumed their entire life. How can they not complain? How can they not vent their anger?"

"So, when I speak in the newspaper, I naturally have someone to support me. But when I say this in the court, I can't control the result."

"While the imperial court still has to take care of the public opinion."

This is the Ming Dynasty, not the Qing Dynasty.

It was precisely because it was the Ming Dynasty that even the emperor had to respect the public opinion. Otherwise, Wanli would not be so angry that he did not attend court for decades, and Suzhou would not openly beat the eunuch to death.

The atmosphere of the Ming Dynasty was quite tolerant and open, and this atmosphere was already there in the Jiajing Dynasty, and it was even more open in the Wanli Dynasty.

Today, Zhou Mengchen has transformed the newspaper from a small or even a regular form of publication to a formal and official one. A large number of officials have expressed their opinions in the newspaper.

The newspaper suddenly changed from a low-lying man to a white snow. There was some threshold invisibly. Before, the famous scholars in the Ming Dynasty had to have poetry and literary gatherings, and even famous masters were praised and promoted. But now it is different. Only when you can write a good article that is recognized in the newspaper, you will be promoted to a talented man within a few days. You will become famous and spread throughout the country within one or two months.

Even the rules of Shilin activities are different. Not to mention that Zhou Mengchen specially introduced newspapers into the political field.
Chapter completed!