"You-" Prime Minister Zuo didn't expect that she would speak so harshly, and his face turned blue at the moment.
Although the Northern Qi Dynasty valued martial arts over literature, it did not mean that the literati's pens were not sharp. Prime Minister Zuo was the leader of the civil servants, and all literati in the world could be driven by him.
Seeing the ugly expression on Prime Minister Zuo's face, the ministers had already guessed that the Queen might have a hard time, and that there would be inevitable impeachment in the future, and even all kinds of polite insults from the literati.
"Since Prime Minister Zuo can't say anything constructive except complaining, what about the other adults? I know very well where Dayan is rich in materials. Whatever you are short of, just attack it." Chen Xueying omitted directly. After passing Prime Minister Zuo, I didn't forget to compliment him, and then asked other people.
The other courtiers were shocked by the queen's domineering attitude, and no one spoke for a while. Later, the emperor ordered a few people, and the court meeting continued normally.
After today's court meeting, several ministers had cold faces when they stepped out of the gate of Guangming Hall, as if they were mourning for their heirs.
Soon Prime Minister Zuo's counterattack came. Most of the civil servants of the Northern Qi Dynasty gathered together. They did not take action personally, but their students. Countless scholars and scholars wrote various articles and poems to ridicule the Queen's involvement in politics.
The Demon Queen said that she was lying in a pile of gold and silver, waiting for people to worship her. She also sent people to various teahouses to bribe storytellers and made various jokes about her extravagance.
After the death of the late emperor, Jia Zhaoyi became the concubine Jia, and the fifth prince was picked up from the wolves and brought to her side to raise.
The other concubines of the late emperor kept a low profile and stayed in a corner. Only Concubine Jia often walked around and played with the queen, and they seemed to have a very good relationship.
This shocked everyone's jaws. After all, Concubine Jia was the late emperor's favorite concubine during his lifetime. After the emperor was killed by Lu Zhao, Concubine Jia became a widow at a young age, and without the emperor to rely on, everyone Everyone thought she would be resentful, but they never expected that she was the most open-minded.
Even looking at the scenes where she and the queen often get together, it makes people feel that she is cheering for the death of the late emperor.
On this day, Concubine Jia came to visit again. When she walked into Fengzao Palace, she saw a deck chair in the courtyard. Chen Xueying was lying on it to bask in the sun. It looked very comfortable.
Concubine Jia did not disturb her, nor did she let the palace people disturb her. She just sat on another chair and sipped tea slowly.
Chen Xueying slept for a while before waking up. When she opened her eyes and saw her, she was a little surprised.
"When did you come? Why didn't you wake me up?"
"Looking at you sleeping so soundly, I can't bear to disturb you. You've been busy with a lot of things lately, so you must not have had any rest, right?" Concubine Jia said worriedly.
Chen Xueying waved her hand: "No, I slept well. It's just that I get sleepy easily when I'm in the sun, and I get sleepy even if I lie down."
Concubine Jia was amused by her words and said, "Then I should praise you for your open-mindedness?"
"There's so much noise outside, aren't you worried? It's hard to get rid of the reputation of beauty and misfortune, and it will also affect your reputation after death. The people outside the palace can't see your efforts, and everyone's words are worth the money."
Chen Xueying chuckled lightly, "I didn't pay anything, but I'm not afraid. Literati's words and pens are indeed powerful, but there are so many scholars in the world that I can't stop the people's mouths."
Concubine Jia was slightly stunned: "How can you be sure that the people are on your side?
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"I gave them money. They are short-tongued and soft-handed. Scholars can't afford this kind of money."
"What if a businessman joins?"
"That's even better. As long as they really distribute the money into the hands of the people, then I can be considered as having made some contribution to the people. But if they pretend to be fake and take it back after giving it away, they will be the unlucky ones." Chen Xueying touched her palms, as if remembering some interesting scene, her eyes sparkling.
Concubine Jia was silent for a long time. She was really shocked by Chen Xueying's simple and rude answer.
Before coming, she thought for a long time about how to break the situation.
But the methods that come up are difficult to perfect. After all, the requirements for women's reputation have been extremely strict since ancient times. These literati were very smart. They directly made beauty a disaster, and even made the late emperor's death mysterious, all because of the queen's daughter-in-law. She said that the Wolf God was dissatisfied with her and that Beiqi would be in bad luck.
But now after Chen Xueying's random punches, it seems that this solution is really feasible.
In a teahouse, the storyteller was speaking impassionedly about the bad qualities of the queen in the lobby on the first floor.
These storytellers were all trained and had excellent tongue-in-cheek skills, which could easily arouse emotions. Some guests who came to tea were inspired and began to scold the queen.
Suddenly there was a noise outside: "Look, a military master has come to post the imperial list. It is the petition written by the Queen herself! Come and take a look, everyone!"
As soon as everyone heard this, the teahouse was immediately empty, and most of the people ran to the streets.
Sure enough, there were placards all over the place, and the contents were all written in vernacular, without any harshness.
"As Princess Dayan, I traveled thousands of miles to the Northern Qi Dynasty. I heard for a long time that the people in the Northern Qi Dynasty were in poverty, so I thought of bringing enough dowry to give everyone wedding money. On the day of the wedding and the queen conferment ceremony, I sent people to send wedding money and gifts to everyone. Jindouzi, I want to have fun with the people. When the carriage went on the street, I heard countless blessings and was very happy.
Although I am well-dressed and well-fed, I also keep in mind the poverty of the people. Unfortunately, I am just a woman in the palace. My knowledge and skills are not as good as those of the civil and military officials. I can only help when I can.
I feel that this queen is well-deserved.
But today I suddenly heard someone yelling and scolding me, calling me a beauty who is a disaster to water and a demon queen who is a disaster to the country. This is a slander.
Now that I am the Demon Queen, I would like to ask the person who made the false accusation, how much have you benefited the people? How much money?
If you can spread money to the people of a city like me and let the people benefit, then if you say that I am the Demon Queen, I would rather bear the blame. Otherwise, empty talk will only add to the laughing stock, and it is the behavior of a villain, which is shameful to the people of the world. "
This so-called statement contains hundreds of words and is written clearly and concisely.
To sum it up in one sentence: give money to the people before you can scold them.
And she also mainly mentioned that giving money to the people of a city with countless people, who could behave so arrogantly.
Before Chen Xueying, no one had set such an example. Even if they were marrying from a wealthy family, they would spend wedding money, but only a few blocks away, and they would not be as generous as Chen Xueying.
"Bah, it smells like copper!"
After a scholar read this statement, he immediately spat and cursed loudly.
Immediately afterwards, several literati responded.
"Obviously I grew up in a wealthy family, but I fell in love with money. As expected, I was a monster.
Disaster for the country! ()”
Ridiculous and extremely ignorant! How can a few taels of broken silver be used to stop the mouths of the people of the world? ?()_[(()”
But before they could finish cursing, someone suddenly pushed them hard from behind.
"Young pretty boy, you are blind but stupid, can't you understand people's words? If you want to scold the Queen, you must first pay for it, otherwise you won't blame me for slapping you!"
"Were you bribed with her money?" The literati immediately retorted.
"As expected, he is a country man with no ambitions, but he dares to give up for five buckets of rice!"
"Bah, what are you doing? Haven't you been bribed with her money? I know you, aren't you the Niu Erwazi from the east end of our village? If you change your skin, you won't recognize your neighbors anymore."
"Hey, isn't this guy in Tsing Yi a big head? I'm your Aunt Gui, and I hugged you when you were a child. Before, the Empress spread golden beans during the ceremony for conferring the Queen, and you grabbed it more happily than anyone else. Why did you take someone else's gold? Are you talking bad about people here? Are you still a human being?"
These scholars were originally very happy to criticize, but when they were suddenly recognized, they all became red-faced.
In fact, the situation is still unclear now, and many noble students have been ordered not to get involved, so that they can study with peace of mind.
On the contrary, it is their elders who are working quietly to make these scholars with no foundation serve as pawns.
The first wave of scholars who jumped out were all young and energetic, but from poor families. After being brainwashed, they only thought that the current queen was deceiving the public with her lies and was the main force against the crusade.
After being recognized, some scholars covered their faces with their sleeves and ran away.
However, after some people were recognized, they felt like a broken jar, and the crowd became even more excited.
"What do you, those long-tongued women with long hair and short knowledge, know? I bought you with just two melons and two dates!"
"Fuck your whole family! The golden beans distributed to the people of a city are called two melons and two dates. Take them out and show them to me!"
"Erwazi, what are you talking about? Your mother is a widow, and it's not easy to raise you up. As a result, Golden Beanzi is so worthless in your eyes. She sold tofu yesterday, and others gave her two pennies less, and she was still rolling on the ground. Sa Po, isn’t it all just for you to study!”
"Oh, you ignorant people only see immediate benefits and have no integrity at all!"
"That is, don't eat the food you come to!"
These people were shouting loudly, but before they finished speaking, several people rushed over and gave them a few slaps.
"You can't understand people's words, can you? You savage scholars, just because you have read a few books, call us country folk and talkative women. In my opinion, these books have been read into the stomachs of dogs!"
"You are the tongue-tied women, that's not right! The tongue-tied scholar will not make any achievements by reading the book, but he is in trouble with a woman. It's ridiculous!"
"We are not like you. The golden beans given by the Queen are enough for our family to chew for a year. We must not roll our eyes!"
"If these cowards dare to say a word about the queen, I'll cut their tongues!"
More and more people gathered around, shouting and cursing very seriously, and many people even rushed over to kick and beat him. They gradually gathered around and the momentum was scary.
Those impassioned scholars suddenly stopped.
At first, he looked like he was going to be the enemy of the whole world, and he was so unyielding, but in the blink of an eye, he became a street rat that everyone yelled at, scurrying around with his head in his arms.
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This kind of situation happened in every neighborhood of Jicheng. As soon as those scholars started to criticize the Queen, they were scolded bloody, and some were even beaten.
As for those teahouses that had been colluded, the storyteller was still on the stage making an impassioned crusade. However, just halfway through his speech, a group of people suddenly rushed in from outside and stared at him.
The waiter hurriedly came up to him and said in a friendly voice: "Guests, who are you? Please come inside. ()"
We are not drinking tea, what book is he talking about? ?()?[()" Someone pointed at the storyteller and asked.
The shopkeeper walked over quickly, his eyes widened, and he said in an impatient tone: "You are not allowed to stay until you drink tea, so hurry up and leave. Only tea drinkers can listen to the stories told by the storyteller!"
The few people who rushed in suddenly flinched when they were shouted at.
"There are many of us, rush!" A few more people squeezed in from behind, and they suddenly became bolder and rushed inside.
"I'm reporting to the official position. This teahouse is the property of Marquis Xilin!" the shopkeeper shouted.
But at this time, more and more people rushed in. Someone even shouted, and countless more people crowded in.
"Go and report it. Let's see if the officials are here to punish you or us. You have Marquis Xilin behind you, and we have the Queen behind us. Marquis Xilin is a stingy pauper who is not even worthy of carrying the Queen's shoes!" Crowd Someone inside yelled, very energetic, which attracted many people around to cheer.
The storyteller was still hiding a lot of impassioned speeches, but now he was frightened and quickly bowed to the crowd.
"I'm just trying to make ends meet, you guys have found the wrong person!" He repeatedly begged for mercy, with a bit of a wry smile and a hint of weakness.
Unfortunately, everyone didn't buy it and looked at each other angrily. !
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