Entertainment of Spring and Autumn

Chapter 483 The Way of the Universe

After the court ended, Xia Houdi returned to Liumenmen and sat lost in thought for a while. Then he suddenly picked up his pen and wrote a letter to Xue Mu.

The letter was no longer dropped into the book bag like the original one, and it was completely plain: "Last time you promoted the princess issue for me, and this time you smeared Liu Yong, the role of newspapers in guiding public opinion is shocking. If this continues, will newspapers Who is a traitor? This point was not only raised by Liu Yong angrily, but also many knowledgeable people are worried. Although I suppressed it, I actually felt uneasy. I believe you will not act recklessly, but In the future, will it be easy to use it in the hands of others? Thinking of this prospect, it seems like the beginning of chaos. I wonder if there should be restrictions and censorship? Can you clear up my doubts? "

After sealing the letter, Xia Houdi summoned the powerful confidants from the six sects and directly ordered: "Fly to Lingzhou to deliver the letter. After Xue Mu replies, fly back directly to me."

Who would usually fly a strong person to deliver a message? This is an urgent standard during wartime, which shows that Xiahou Di attaches great importance to this matter.

Xue Mu received the letter that day and was amazed by the content. He has always admired Xia Houdi's vision and mobility. For a native of the world of martial arts, when most people are still upgrading their thinking and practicing martial arts, Xia Houdi's vision and knowledge are really not easy.

He thought for a while before writing a reply: "Your worries are right. The media and public opinion are terrible weapons, so no matter what, you must control it in your own hands. No one can interfere. If If there are other forces that run their own newspapers, and if they can use force to suppress and eliminate them, they will directly eliminate them and ban them. If it is the Eight Righteous Sects or the Prince's forces who want to do it, then we must use the most severe means to attack their newspapers to the point where they cannot be formed at all. If my planning is needed, I would rather drop everything and go to Beijing immediately, this is the first rule."

After a pause, he wrote: "Internal review does need to be put on the charter. It does not mean that speech needs to be strictly controlled, but that daily reporting must strictly comply with journalistic ethics. The means I used to deal with Liu Yong this time cannot be used lightly. Do Too much will undermine the credibility of the daily newspaper, and the expected results will not be achieved when it is really needed, and the gain will outweigh the loss."

"As for the chaos you are worried about, at least it will not be established in the short term. Small-scale guidance and the world's wave are two different things. If you want to achieve the effect you foresee, you must first build on the high efficiency of information dissemination. When one day thousands of miles away You can also receive the information in real time and transmit it to the people of the world in real time, which will turn the mountains and rivers into villages. That is the great unity in my eyes, Xue Mu, and my Tao is established here. This is the first time I have told people in detail .”

"None of the above is important. What's important is... I love you."

After saying the last three words, Xue Mu looked around like a thief, quickly sealed the letter, and handed it to the six-door messenger seriously: "Thank you for your hard work."

The catcher handed over his hands very seriously: "Captain Xiahou and Changxinhou attach such great importance to it, it must be an important matter in the world, and my subordinates are not afraid of hard work."

Soon Xia Houdi saw this thing, whether it was an official letter or a love letter...

She understood all the words in front of it after reading it once. Then she stared at the last three words and read them again and again. She read them for almost half an hour without putting down the letter.

Others thought that the matter discussed in this letter was too important, which made the chief catcher fall into deep thinking...

"Asshole...are you afraid that if I know how powerful you are, I will squeeze you out of this situation? Use these words to tie me up!" Xia Houdi bit his lower lip angrily: "Am I the kind of person who burns bridges across rivers?"

After a long time, she whispered to herself again: "I didn't even write two more sentences, just three words. It's so insincere."

After a long time, she said to herself again: "Turn the world into a village and hold the universe in the palm of your hand. This is the way of the universe... It turns out... you and I have always been in harmony."

"Come here!" Xia Houdi suddenly shouted: "Send me a Class A general arrest order. From the capital to all over the country, we will strictly supervise all bookstores and printing workshops. If you find anyone who wants to run a newspaper, please give it to me directly. Seal it! We won’t hesitate to start a war!”

"Yes." The messenger who delivered the letter was still waiting. Hearing this, he accepted the order solemnly and asked again: "Do you have anything else to reply to Marquis Changxin?"

"Oh..." Xiahoudi hesitated for a moment, then lightly opened his lips and whispered: "Tell him, I am too."

After saying this, his face turned as red as a morning glow, and the domineering energy he had just now disappeared.

"?" The head catcher looked confused.

At this time, Xue Mu began to cure corruption.

Although Xiahou Di's letter did not mention it, the fact that he wrote this letter showed that he had won a complete victory in the court war. There were no setbacks in his anti-corruption memorial. That is, both the court, the people and even the Eight Righteous Sects were What you support is one thing that stands on the moral high ground in any world.

It's just that in the ordinary world, corruption is very political and skillful, but in the world of force, there are not so many tricks. Sometimes ordinary knights would dare to directly take the heads of bureaucrats when they have evidence, let alone Xue Mu who holds the entire Xingyue Sect? Torturing a few corrupt officials is just like playing for fun.

But it has to be said that official corruption in Lingzhou is not serious.

It's difficult to be an official in this world. It's just that the court has legal supervision. What's disgusting is that there are righteous fathers everywhere staring at your head, which gives you a headache. Moreover, people are not allowed to practice martial arts at your discretion. If they get angry, they will dare to rush to the government office and perform a bloody five-step trick for you.

In a context where even the imperial power does not have much deterrence, the power of officials is really not that great, and they cannot be greedy even if they want to.

Xue Mu saw that these people were not excessive, so he didn't do anything cruel or engage in blood sacrifices. He only dismissed a few from their posts, punished a few with rods, and added officials from his friendly gentry families.

This time, the corruption control in Lingzhou seems to be very peaceful and calm. Those who were cured did not have a bad temper, and smiled happily after benefiting from it. The ordinary people applauded and applauded. This city lord who had no sense of existence suddenly became a good city lord in people's hearts.

As Zhang Bailing said, this kind of thing has the fastest effect and the easiest way to maintain hope.

The most important thing is that everyone in Lingzhou realized that this city lord who did not work was very powerful in the court.

It's no big deal that he never even worked. Not only did he drive back the police officer, Hei Chengtan, but it is said that the police officer was replaced because of this... He is treating corruption in Lingzhou like a normal person. What is the concept of this?

The concept of demarcating the land as a king is the same as that of the eight sects of the righteous path, and even goes further than the sects of the righteous path, because he himself holds the political power.

Anyone with a keen sense of smell knows that Xue Mu is finally starting to do government affairs because he has the support of the Virtual Reality Cauldron and a stable footing... He wants to build a political and economic foundation for the Xingyue Sect so that millions of people in Lingzhou can support him. Support for the rule of Xingyue Sect.

People were curious about what he would do.

This may be the first time that a martial arts sect has dealt with government affairs in thousands of years. Even the righteous sects have paid attention to Lingzhou. Some people hope to find reference points, while others are worried and think that this is the most terrifying enemy.

In the Prince's Mansion, Ji Wuyou looked at a group of cronies and said calmly: "What did they say?"

"Leng Zhu expressed his willingness to support the crown prince's ascension to the throne. He believes that the Xingyue Sect is the world's greatest enemy."

"Yun Qianhuang said the same thing. It seems that Xue Mu's trick of seizing the tripod has completely angered these two families."

Ji Wuyou's lips sneered: "Where are the others?"

"Wentian, Yuan Zhong, and Chang Tianyuan all said that they no longer care about the change of imperial power. They will celebrate when the prince ascends the throne."

"Mu Jianli..."

Ji Wuyou waved his hand: "What Mu Jianli said is meaningless, she will only listen to Xue Mu. But there are still changes in the Wenjian Sect, and I don't believe that Lin Wuya will be idle after leaving seclusion. Where is Mo Xuexin?"

The confidant hesitated for a moment and whispered: "What Mo Xuexin said didn't sound good."

"Just say it, repeat it word for word and listen."

"She said that she was doing a pilot project of paving roads and breaking the poisonous miasma in the southwest, and she had no time to care about these things... Then she said that some people were paving roads and building bridges to combat corruption, while others were just running around and scheming to fight for positions. They all said it was true. For the sake of the world, we are still making judgments. It is still unclear which family is the right one."

Ji Wuyou squinted his eyes, a hint of coldness flashed in his eyes.