That night, all the policemen in Baling City and a large number of soldiers began to carry out a large-scale inspection of the flower buildings and boats.
Seventeen of the officers tipped off the news and were all arrested. That night the county government sentenced them to exile thousands of miles away and sent them directly to the north to work as hard labor.
When the Hualou Huachuan was attacked, many prostitutes were stuck on the bed, but most of them were safe and sound. It was just a false alarm.
However, among the prostitutes who went to Qingjiang Commercial Bank's Hualou Huachuan, there were ordinary people who had nothing to do, and many of them were innocent and had nothing to do. Anyone who had colluded with Qing officials or had a close relationship with Qing State were all caught in the name of cooperating with the case. yamen.
Those flower buildings and boats of Qingjiang Commercial Bank must have some violations of government regulations, such as the kitchen being too dirty, such as using bright yellow silk and satin when some old laws stipulate that it should not be used, such as beating and imprisoning women, as long as you find a reason, Everything will be seized immediately, and all the old bustard girls will be sent to the county government.
When encountering a flower house that really couldn't find any reason, the police officer seized the flower house on the grounds that the flower girl was dressed immodestly.
Early the next morning, the news that Baling City had seized all the flower boats of Qingjiang Trading Company spread throughout Xiangzhou as if it had wings. At the same time, it was accompanied by news that Xu Sheng Fang Yun was very dissatisfied with the actions led by Hua Qingniang and Ge Yiming. Some people in Xiangzhou betrayed Jingguo and curried favor with Qingguo. After the two scoundrels Dong Wencong and Fang Shouye found out, they immediately began to inventory all the flower buildings and ships in order to cater to Fang Yun. Last night we only targeted Baling. Starting from today, we will successively check all the flower boats and buildings in Xiangzhou, and we will never let go of any related industry of Qingjiang Trading Company.
When the news spread throughout Xiangzhou, many people knew that Qingjiang Trading Company's flower house and flower boat in Xiangzhou was completely finished. Even if there was no further investigation, no one would dare to go there again.
The people of Xiangzhou who had been opposing Hua Qingniang rushed to tell each other after receiving the news, because they knew that Fang Yun had not given up on them, and the governor saw everything, instead of being like those high-ranking officials who encountered such a thing. For fear of delaying their own power, they turned a blind eye and allowed people like Hua Qingniang to flourish. As a result, the people found that defending their country would not only be attacked by some spies, but also be despised by officials who held the power of the country, and they gradually gave up on protecting themselves. s country.
In a rare move, neutral scholars from all over Xiangzhou came forward to support the investigation of Qingjiang Commercial House.
Ge Songxiao, who has been in the spotlight recently, published an article on the forum. He did not directly attack Fang Yun, but pointed the finger at Dong Wencong and Fang Shouye, accusing the two officials of using their power to retaliate, and then made eloquent arguments, During the reign of Qingguo, Xiangzhou was far better than it is now.
Many Qingguo people supported Ge Songxiao in the article, praising Ge Songxiao as the only sober Jingguo person who dared to criticize Jingguo officials, and ridiculed the other Jingguo people as slaves.
Later, many people saw a ridiculous scene under the article, in which Ge Songxiao sneered at the scholars in Jingguo and doubled down on the scholars in Qingguo.
Soon, the scholars in Youjing could not stand it anymore.
"Yes, Ge Songxiao is indeed not a slave of Jingguo, because he is a slave of Qingguo."
"I am also from Xiangzhou, and I do not agree with Ge Songxiao's views in this article. In a sense, I hate Jingguo more than Ge Songxiao, but even so, I did not support Jingguo's opponent Qingguo because of this. , because I know very well that Qingguo is not a saint or a good person. They want to leave more imperial examination places to their own people, the best private schools and academies to their own people, and the most profitable opportunities to themselves. People, as long as I am still from Xiangzhou, as long as there are any differences between me and them in appearance, culture, accent, etc., they will not be able to fully accept me. Therefore, I always believe that as a Xiangzhou person, loyalty to Jingguo is just Naivety, if you want to be loyal to Qingguo, you can only say that you are mean and ignorant."
"Why do I hate Jingguo? It's very simple. In Qingguo, a general just didn't salute the flag representing Qingguo, and he was criticized by scholars. In fact, I don't think it is a big mistake to forget to salute. I am even very unhappy. I like those Qingguo people who go to war over such trivial matters, but I envy such a country, because in Jingguo, if you publicly declare your loyalty to Jingguo, you will be attacked by a large number of Jingguo people. I really hate those people. , I hate this kind of country.”
"I always believe that as a Jingguo person, it doesn't matter whether you are loyal to Jingguo or not. Everyone always has their own choice. However, the rulers of Jingguo have no choice and should not have a choice. Since they are in charge of this country, they The factors that lead to the country's instability must be eliminated unconditionally. Take the Hua Qingniang incident as an example. A madam is indeed not worthy of the government's intervention, and she is not worthy, but the matter is getting worse and worse, and even many powerful people in Xiangzhou are standing by. It was understandable that those in power did not take action when they came out to support Hua Qingniang. However, in order to escape, Hua Qingniang and the forces behind her began to frame everyone who defended Xiangzhou and supported Jingguo in the name of the so-called "Xiangzhou thieves". If the people in power don’t take action, I would rather see this kind of country perish.”
"So, when Fang Xusheng or Dong Zhoumu and Governor Fang started to deal with Hua Qingniang and Qingjiang Trading Company, and the revenge methods were extremely ruthless, causing Hua Qingniang and Qingjiang Trading Company to suffer huge losses, I was very happy. Over the years, Jing The country finally has an official who truly protects Jingguo, instead of fighting for power and excluding dissenters every day.”
"If one day, someone calls for the overthrow of Jingguo without being severely punished, and no one like Fang Yun comes forward, then either the majority of those in power want to change the dynasty, or Jingguo is undergoing a dynasty change. By then, "The people of Jingguo should be happy that we will either become the strongest nation in the human race, or we will be buried together with hundreds of millions of compatriots, and we will not be alone."
The reply from this Xiangzhou scholar immediately aroused attacks and cynicism from both the Qingguo and Jingguo scholars.
However, some people read his reply carefully and remembered this person's name.
Fang Yun put down his official seal and was silent for a long time when he saw this kind of cold-blooded or warm-blooded reply.
Fang Yun then looked at the documents on the table. They were all recommendation letters from officials from various places.
Although Dongsheng Pavilion did not issue a document allowing Xiangzhou to open the "Minbao", it did not prevent it. Now many temples in the Holy Court allow or support the opening. Dongsheng Pavilion will not stop Fang Yun unless it bears the risk of being isolated by the temples. When "Min Bao" was launched, the most it could do was to delay the issuance of Dongshengge documents, leaving "Min Bao" only as a trial publication and never become a formal publication.
Fang Yun issued a governor-general's document early in the morning, deciding to open the People's Daily in Xiangzhou. The government was only responsible for reviewing and not opening the newspaper, leaving the officials to select a suitable unofficial organization to take over the People's Daily.
Fang Yun originally thought that these officials would be more reserved, but he didn't know that half a quarter of an hour after the document was issued, officials from all over the place sent the letters to the Xingdian Study Room, and then the people in the Study Room copied the letters and handed them to Fang Yun.
Because there were so many people delivering letters at the same time, ten people from the Governor's Palace had to go to the delivery room together to copy documents from officials from various places.
.(To be continued.)