Through Qing Sanye's mediation, the Qing Minbao actually published an issue, which made everyone who wanted to watch the excitement a bit disappointed. The twelfth lunar month is the time of cat winter, and the streets are full of idlers who are bored every day. , how pleasant it is to see the scolding war between the imperial court and Xiao Letian.
Swearing among big shots is a big deal. Printing an issue of a people's newspaper costs tens of thousands of taels of silver. In front of a small family, it is an unimaginable astronomical figure. But in front of emperors, generals and ministers, it is just a small amount of money to fight for publicity.
Xiao Letian just likes to drop money into water and listen to the sound. Unfortunately, this year's news is not very satisfying. People's Daily stopped publishing just one issue. Could it be that the imperial court has some special trick to counter Xiao Letian?
Rumors began to fly all over the Forty-Nine City, and the bannermen were frantically digging for gossip. It's not that they are all spies. In fact, 90% of the people here are idle and have nothing to do after they are full.
Moreover, they think that if others know about gossip earlier than themselves, then they will lose face. This means that they do not have enough connections in Sijiu City.
In fact, this is also a kind of social psychology. Chinese people love to spread gossip, especially political gossip. The source of this trend is actually closely related to China’s official-oriented thinking.
In an era when the idea of officialdom dominates people's hearts, social resources are concentrated in the hands of officials, and power is also concentrated in their hands. As natural people in society, they will naturally move closer to power.
This is human nature, even the instinct of animals. Even wild wolves in the wolf pack know that by establishing a good relationship with the strongest alpha wolf, on the one hand, they can get some scraps, and on the other hand, they can also get a sense of security.
Human beings and animals have the same nature. The reason why the Bannermen and Han people in Sijiucheng love to spread political gossip so much is because they are trying to find benefits from these gossips.
For example, who is going to be promoted and who is going to be unlucky, and then quickly see if you can get some connections in your family. Just kidding, if you can get in touch with the person who cleans the kitchen in Prince Kung's mansion, you can do it. If you take all the swill from the palace, your pigs will be fatter than others.
Grapevine can provide benefits, but it can also bring people a sense of security.
In a teahouse or restaurant, the person who can talk the best and knows the most information must be the most well-connected and the most well-connected. People already know what you know, but you may not know what others know. This is subtle. There is a distinction between superior and inferior.
When outsiders want to bully you, they will think about it. This guy knows so many secrets of the court, which means there is someone behind this guy. If I bully him, I may suffer severe retaliation. Forget it, I will make peace with him. Let’s get along.
You see, isn’t that where the sense of security comes from?
In fact, in Xiao Letian's previous life, there were many such situations. In some counties and third-tier cities, we could meet some very happy people who had friends all over the place and were the leaders of various departments.
These people kept their mouths open and shut about what Director Li was doing, what Director Wang was doing, and he knew all the secrets in the county and city governments. He had a thorough analysis of the government's economic layout in the second half of the year.
In fact, what this kind of person says is always half-truths and half-falseness, but let alone whether he can really benefit from officials by living this way, it is true that he can get a subtle sense of security anyway.
In fact, the first indicator of how to get along with others is whether you are easy to bully. It is an innate ability to look after others. If you are not easy to bully, you will naturally have a way to get along. If you are good Of course, there is another way to deal with bullying.
In China, officialdom is always the mainstream idea. Since power and resources are concentrated in the bureaucracy, people will naturally take the initiative to get close to officials and politics. This is also a way to pull the skin of a tiger.
In fact, this custom cannot be said to be good or bad. It is a natural choice in human social life. It is not to say that Western countries are better than us because they do not have this custom. The root cause is the different environment.
Power in the West is concentrated in the hands of financial oligarchs and bankers. Politics actually serves capital. Therefore, if the power and resources of Western society are concentrated towards capital, then people's lives will be more businesslike.
Therefore, in Western bars, coffee houses and other social settings, people love to talk about global futures trading, government tax reform, and the ups and downs of the stock market...
It can be seen that this is the subtle influence of the environment on people. In the same 19th century China, people in Sijiu City loved to talk about politics, while people in the Shanghai area in the south of the Yangtze River loved to talk about raw silk prices and food prices. People studied more It’s business, but it’s also an environmental choice.
There really are no secrets in Sijiu City. In just six or seven days, the news of the secret conversation between Mr. Qing and Xiao Letian had already spread like wildfire. Even the secret of Cixi's rage in the Yangxin Palace was spread.
No one expected that Cixi would say such crazy words to "measure China's material resources and bring happiness to the country." Oh my God, Cixi could pay such a big price to deal with Xiao Letian.
The people under the flag were all crazy now. They opened their minds, put on the wings of imagination and started to fly in the blue sky.
"Guangdong will probably be ceded to the British. Now that Hong Kong is gone, can Guangdong still escape? There is also Shanghai. There will be no concessions in the future. Jiangsu should also be given to the British..."
"Don't even think about Guangxi. I heard that the French are very involved with Annan. If you go north, wouldn't that be Guangxi..."
"Don't forget that there are still Russians in the north. How can we conquer Xinjiang? Let Zuo Zongtang come back quickly and properly distribute Xinjiang to Lao Maozi. Then we can borrow Lao Maozi's troops to fight Xiao Letian... Bah. , what kind of world is this?"
The entire Forty-Nine City was scolded, and the admirals of Shuntian Mansion and the Nine Sects came out to arrest these gossips. The palace had issued a death order. Even the bannermen with titles dared to say such treason. Rumors must also be caught.
In the late winter of the sixth year of Tongzhi, the good New Year atmosphere was swept away. The news that Cixi went crazy in the Yangxin Hall suddenly spread throughout the capital, and then quickly spread to the whole world.
Everyone was dumbfounded, the Manchus themselves were caught off guard, the Han ministers were stunned, the feudal officials were silent, and now even Xiao Letian has suspended his revenge plan.
Cixi, this crazy woman, just said one sentence and hit the Achilles' heel of the whole of China. Her attitude was very clear, if you don't let us live well, then I will burn this house down. No one should think about it. .
If I die, you will go to hell with me.
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