Chapter 791
I don’t know when it started, but the people were hoping that Master Qingtian could punish evil and promote good for them, run corrupt officials, kill evil officials, and save the people from water and fire... They even reached the point of making up lies to comfort themselves, such as giving Lord Bao three guillotines, and letting Emperor Mazi visit him in a private manner, etc.
No one would have thought that there would be a day when dreams turn into reality!
The champion Hou suddenly arrived in Jinling, took action suddenly, and immediately took action.
This top five rich man in Jinling is also a representative of the Jiangnan Road Parliament. He is usually arrogant and domineering, and no one dares to care. But when the marquis comes, he takes it as soon as he says he takes it, without any hesitation.
Ye Daqingtian is really useful!
The entire Jinling and even the surrounding cities were in a state of excitement. Everyone was looking forward to it, watching the Marquis’ movements, the streets and alleys, and talking about this.
Ye Hua never disappointed people. After arresting Ma Xiang, he arrested seven Jiangnan Road Parliament representatives in five days. These seven people have a common characteristic, that is, as wealthy businessmen, their strength has a huge influence.
Looking at the Marquis’ actions, everyone else was trembling. Could it be that the Marquis’s going to kill the local tyrants and divide the land?
The field was divided and the factory workshop was not sealed. What was the Marquis going to do? For a moment, the wealthy businessman and tycoon were all frightened and at a loss.
Some people want to escape, but some people are worried that they will run away at this moment, which will attract the attention of the Marquis. After all, although the world is big, it is difficult to run out of the Marquis’ palm!
The wealthy businessmen in Jiangnan were suffering. They were like fish in a pot, frying one side and then the other side... and making their bones rotten and they were at a loss.
About three days later, Ye Hua started to arrest people again, but this time it was not a wealthy businessman, but those newspapers and bookstores!
The arrest of this time was too big... The newspapers have always been relatively arrogant, especially those elusive reporters, who are even more conceited.
They always feel that they are writing straight and representing public opinion. A word of money is the embodiment of justice, and they practice the way for heaven, eliminate violence and maintain good fortune, and the peaceful development of the world depends on them.
Anyone can be arrested, why should we arrest us?
What are we wrong?
Even when the court came to arrest people, some newspapers even issued special issues, clamoring to the court, threatening to give them justice, otherwise the whole world would not allow the court to do whatever it was.
A reporter even bit his finger and wrote a book with blood, "repaying me justice"!
This is the case with the public opinion in Jiangnan, and even some newspapers in the capital spoke out to support the south... The two echoed each other and made a lot of noise.
The overwhelming pressure hit the cabinet.
Someone from the current dynasty, including Li Si, was looking for him, and he was all accusing Ye Hua of his words, thinking that he was too reckless...
Ye Hua never cared about gossip.
Moreover, as more and more disclosed things were revealed, many newspapers were silenced and did not dare to yell anymore. Some even turned to stand on Ye Hua's side and supported the court's actions!
The 180-degree turn almost threw those who supported the Jiangnan newspaper industry into the car... If you don't do this, what about your festival?
Facing Ye Hua, you have weak legs. What heroes are you?
These literati cursed, but no matter how much they scolded, it was useless. Even the newspapers changed their words, so what could they do? Anyway, the newspaper industry in Jiangnan has been hit, and there are other places to go. Anyway, I have a pen in my hand, and I have it all in the world!
This is what many literati think and their self-confidence.
But soon this confidence was broken.
Ye Hua didn't go to Jiangnan to play. He made careful arrangements in advance and had a detailed investigation... Ma Xiang hit the gun. This was a coincidence, but the plan to rectify Jiangnan had been made long ago, and now it is just a step-by-step implementation.
Regarding the Ma Xiang case, Ye Hua wrote the first article...Who is Ma Xiang? The textile owner in Jinling City has been doing business for generations and has accumulated wealth of more than one million taels. In the past decade, the number of looms has increased ten times, and the silk production is a hundred times that of the original one! His wealth has increased ten times, and he has been successfully selected as the Jiangnan Parliament and became a representative of the business community.
It looks like a very inspiring wealth story, worthy of praise and learning... But after tying up with huge wealth and entering the Jiangnan Parliament, Ma Xiang is no longer satisfied with wealth, he wants more!
First, he bought newspapers and reported and beautified.
Tell his entrepreneurial story and promote kindness and righteousness.
He also asked the reporter to visit the craftsmen's residence in the workshop and dine with the workers, showing that he treated the workers well and benefited his hometown. He also took out a lot of money and donated it to the academy... After such packaging, Ma Xiang became a famous Confucian businessman and a great charity! Of course, he knew how much water there was in it!
After gaining fame, he had a greater influence in the Jiangnan Parliament, and there were many decree-following parliamentary representatives gathered around him.
It’s nothing to have a parliamentary representative, but a gang is formed, which is awesome. Even government agencies at all levels have to buy their accounts, otherwise no one can stand the newspaper’s criticism.
Moreover, the parliament has great authority over many fiscal appropriations... This is not to say that they can prevent appropriations, but they can question a certain budget and ask for explanations. It cannot be used until it is unclear, and this time can even be delayed for more than two or three months.
No yamen can stand it, and even the unscrupulous Trump cannot withstand the closing of the door! What's more, ordinary officials, who wouldn't respect Ma Xiang and others!
Ye Hua's first article analyzed Ma Xiang's situation clearly.
Why is a small parliamentary representative unscrupulous and arrogant?
The reason is very simple, he has money!
With the power of wealth, he conquered public opinion, made the newspaper an accomplice, and asked those literati to apply rouge and powder to him, creating a beautiful image!
It is ironic to say, literati often say that you don’t bow your waist for five dou of rice!
But let me ask, six dou, seven dou, one stone, ten stone, one hundred stones?
There is always a number that will make them bend over!
To put it bluntly, there is nothing in this world that cannot be bought. If there is one, it means that you spend less money! Don’t talk about love, love, what does it mean to use deep love? It means that you spend enough money!
Spend money to your heart and bone marrow, and once you break up, you will lose a lot. This is touching love!
Is it difficult to buy a newspaper?
What is the newspaper pointing to live?
Many people will think that newspapers are the ones, of course they make money by selling newspapers!
But Ye Hua has a statistics in his hand. In the entire Dazhou, all newspapers, 99% of them lost money by selling newspapers... Their profits are all in advertising!
Take Jinling as an example. If hundreds of newspapers have no advertising fees, half of them will be destroyed within half a month!
Who paid the advertising fee? It would not be the shopkeeper of the noodle shop, it would not be the peddler of the grocery shopping, it would be all rich people!
This is not to say that factories are not allowed to advertise themselves. Ye Hua is not so domineering, but the problem is that people are short-speaking and people are short-speaking.
No need to go too far. The annual advertising fee of 30,000 to 50,000 taels is enough to make a newspaper post and automatically filter out news that is unfavorable to the fund owner.
After taking control of the newspaper, he also grabbed the literati.
There are many literati from the Great Zhou Dynasty today. In addition to those who passed the imperial examinations, other literati, especially those who play with their pens.
Posting essays, poems, novels, scripts, writing some comments, travel notes, articles... all rely on newspapers, let alone the large number of ziyou writers.
Is it expensive to buy a literati?
Maybe it's very expensive, but there are also very cheap ones.
If someone else writes one or two articles, you can take one or five articles. If someone else publishes one article a month, you can post three articles!
It seems not much, but it cannot withstand the accumulation of time and the flow of water.
It is natural that a newspaper can win over a group of literati.
This is the same as a star supporting a lot of paparazzi.
Just listening to what they said, they were all hypocritical and incarnated by justice, but when they really opened it, it was clear what these guys had intrigues.
Ma Xiang's situation was found out... In his workshop, five workers died abnormally in three years, including the little girl's father, and three others were injured and died.
In addition, he occupied the land everywhere, killed three lives, and robbed 1,000 mu of mulberry fields.
He also colluded with officials from Jiangnan Road and sold a batch of inferior raw silk to the military for making armor at a price of 20% higher than the market price.
All these things are proven to be true!
After investigation, it was not only Ma Xiang, but the remaining six wealthy businessmen in the parliament also had many problems... and they also had a common problem, that is, tax evasion!
The amount also exceeded 10 million!
As the case was incorrect, more than 30 officials in Jiangnan were involved... Li Yu and Pan Chengyou, two officials from Jiangnan, rushed to Jinling overnight to assist Ye Hua in handling the case.
After seeing Ye Hua, both of them had red faces and felt ashamed.
"Mr. The Jiangnan Parliament is rampant and must be severely rectified. I propose to temporarily seal the parliament and re-select representatives. Scum like Ma Xiang must be cleaned up!"
Ye Hua looked solemn and knocked on the table and said, "As soon as possible, not only the parliament, but also the yamen, newspapers and academic circles have problems. We must investigate it to the end. Officials should not let go, and those who are accomplices of tigers should not let go!"
"clear!"
The two nodded vigorously, turned around and the people came out everywhere, and the arrest operation was rapidly escalating. The seizure of what should be sealed, and the arrest of what should be caught... The most interesting thing is that many writers who wrote articles hid in the Qinhuai River, hugged the girl and drank wine on the flower boat, and their thoughts were like springs.
Just as they were enjoying it, the people from the court came.
All sealed!
No one left!
The gorgeous women ran away in a panic, and the hypocritical literati squatted on the shore, drooping... At this time, a little girl, holding her mother's hand, jumped and jumped towards a cemetery with incense and candles.
"Mom, that uncle is so awesome!"
Chapter completed!