Daming: Wanted to be a small landlord, but was forced to ascend the throne

Chapter 292
The capital city in early February seemed to be calm, but in fact there was a hidden whirlpool.

This year has been really crazy, the empress dowager is dead!

Because of his misbehavior, the emperor was punished by civil and military officials, and the emperor was bound to issue an imperial edict.

The emperor resisted stubbornly, and all the officials were still in the process of dismissing the court.

"Yandu Laughing Talk" published some articles on filial piety every day, and also recommended some touching stories of filial sons, deliberately disgusting the emperor.

Shu Fen has become a representative of pure and filial piety.

He served his mother with the utmost filial piety, and heard that every morning and evening, he set his province, 365 days without a break.

It is said that when he was still in his hometown in the early years, his father died, so he built a shed in front of his father's tomb and kept mourning for three years.

Every July and various sacrificial days, they beat their chests and feet in front of the grave, and cried loudly to the sky, and everyone who heard it would shed tears.

For this reason, his filial piety has spread far and wide in the local area, and local officials regard him as a model of filial piety.

Moreover, Shu Fen can read, and with this reputation, the local area is even more popular. He also took the national exam, and his name has already become famous in the capital.

He came in fourth in the examination, but because of his reputation for filial piety, he was favored by the emperor in the palace examination, and he was personally selected as the number one scholar.

In short, after Shu Fen, the editor of the Imperial Academy, was admitted as the No. [-] scholar, she became a fresh meat star and had many fans.

It's just that these days, "Jinghua Tabloid", "Shangjing Express", and "Yandu Facts" published some gossip about a certain champion in Jiangxi Province, which caused an uproar in the capital.

Yes, in today's capital, not only can there be "Yandu Jokes" and "Jinghua Tabloid", but there are also two tabloids, "Shangjing Express" and "Yandu Facts".

These tabloids, without exception, publish some gossip from the perspective of a third party.

For example, the No. [-] Scholar in Jiangxi Province was famous for his filial piety. After his father died, he lived in a tent in front of his grave for three years, but the sons born to him by his two concubines were all born during these three years.

When the champion guarded his father's tomb, he had a good time with his concubine's room in front of his father's grave, and the joint effect was the joy of flying. It can be described as the most pure and filial piety!

This article is written by Yan Song, and his style of writing is not inferior to that of Zhang Cong.

Qin Shao sighed very much, it seems that Yan Song is not only good at writing Qing Ci!
He is an all-round talent, and now he is a piece of tabloid, so he can move wherever he needs it!

This article not only caused repercussions among scholars and bureaucrats in the capital, but also among the common people.

People in the capital who are not very literate don't like to read the sour and succinct articles written in "Yandu Jokes".

And this kind of private gossip about the relationship, especially the article of the champion, is of interest to many people.

Illiterate people also "praise" each other after listening to it, discussing it in the streets and alleys.

"This number one scholar is really true. It's only natural for people to have fun in fish and water. What happened in front of Dad's grave is not for Dad...haha!"

"Haha! The old man must be extremely depressed in the underground, watching that kind of performance every day, do you think you will feel itchy?"

"What an unfilial son! He only cared about his own happiness, and he didn't say he would burn one for Dad, so that Dad could have fun even when he was low. This has been holding back for a long time...haha!"

"Hey! Who do you think is the No. [-] scholar in Gan Province?"

"Ouch! I don't understand this. Jiangxi Province has only produced a few champions in recent years. If you don't check it, you will know!"

"You are so stupid! You need to investigate? The number one scholar, who has been mourning in front of the father's tomb for three years, isn't he the same Shu Zhuangyuan who is currently working as an editor in the Imperial Academy? Who else can he be?"

"That's right, the tabloid should be talking about him, but did he really do that while Dad was guarding the grave? No one saw the report, can this be true?"

"What's so difficult about it? Find out how old his children are and when his father died. If you don't know it, you can hide it for a few months. Can you hide it for three years?"

"Let me tell you, you don't need to check! The wife and children of Shu Zhuangyuan are both in Beijing. His children are studying in a private school. They are in the same private school as my second aunt's nephew's son. They are all about the same age. Based on this calculation, it is indeed that It was born when, and the tabloid article clearly stated when the old man died, it should not be false!"

"Oh! If this is true, not to mention filial piety, it is simply treason!"

……

After a few days, several tabloids published many articles.

One of the articles was an interview with a neighbor of a No. [-] scholar in Jiangxi Province.

They said that the story of Shu Zhuangyuan's "three feet give way to the wall" was a hoax.

The real situation is that Shu Zhuangyuan's family seized their homestead.

Frightened by their authority to influence, they have made their home elsewhere.

The cause of the incident is said to be that Shu Zhuangyuan's neighbors built a house and occupied their homestead.

The family members wrote to the famous Shu Zhuangyuan, hoping that he would use his authority to make the other party make concessions.

I don't want Shu Zhuangyuan to directly ask his family to build a house and retreat three feet.

The neighbor was ashamed and stepped back three feet.

This incident also made Shu Zhuangyuan famous, adding another wonderful stroke to his glorious reputation!
Qin Shao was a little confused. When he saw the investigation materials, he felt familiar.

Didn't the story of the three-foot wall happened to Zhang Yingda, a scholar in the Qing Dynasty?

Why did Shu Zhuangyuan during the Zhengde period also have this matter?

Qin Shao read the neighbor's statement again, saying that Shu Zhuangyuan's family was originally a family of officials and officials, and they couldn't afford to mess with it.

When they built their house, they blatantly occupied their homestead. They didn't dare to speak out, thinking that it would be better to move to another place than to live there and suffer anger.

There is no way, they can only sell it to others at a low price.

It was only later that the person who sold it was actually a relative of Shu Zhuangyuan, and the house was actually bought by Shu Zhuangyuan's family, but it was named after the relative.

Qin Shao laughed a little.

In fact, this ancient man was really smart, and he was very good at making a name for himself to promote himself.

I don't know if Zhang Ying imitated Shu Zhuangyuan?

As things in Shu Zhuangyuan's family were dug up, more things in their family also surfaced.

It is said that their family heard that a fortune teller counted a piece of land as a geomantic treasure, and after four generations, a number one scholar could be born.

The family directly bought that piece of land, disregarding the rest of the third generation ancestor, directly dug up his bones and buried them there. As a result, Mr. Shu really became the number one scholar.

In short, all kinds of gossip are flying around.

Gossip about many officials who took the lead in the DPRK and China this time has also surfaced.

In the case of Li Ji, who made a lot of noise this time, it was discovered that he had an affair with his son's concubine.

"Yandu Facts" even published a story that the talented son of a cabinet member married the teacher's daughter three months before his fiancée died.

There were rumors that the young master had a private relationship with the daughter of a wealthy salt merchant. Someone saw the concentric lock between the two in the temple, and the date was before the young prince's fiancée passed away.

There was even more news that the son's fiancée was not dead at all, but their family was bribed to make their daughter disappear.

All of a sudden, the capital became a gossip casino.

The officials in the DPRK and China were in a state of panic, and they didn't know when a scandal in their own family would be published in the tabloids.

……

"Ridiculous! Have you found out who wrote those tabloids? You write nonsense like this, everyone..."

Yang Tinghe said angrily.

"Master, we suspected that the "Jinghua Tabloid" was from the tea house, but it disappeared later. Who knows that there are two more now. I suspected that they were a family before, but they publish so many tabloids a day, and I feel a little bit confused. Doubt it’s not a family!”

Huang Tong replied with sweat on his face.

"It shouldn't be a family. So many of us write by hand, which consumes manpower and financial resources. Now that the cost is so high, we can't stand it. It's impossible for these three! Impossible!"

Yang Shen said in disbelief.

(End of this chapter)