Chapter 158: Publishing a newspaper to enlighten the people
Zhou Tiege and Hu Wenlang sighed silently when they saw what Mei Juncang wrote on the table.

This method was indeed drastic, enough to make the Confucians fight back desperately.

Daxia also had special examinations, and generally speaking, special examinations were specifically opened for Confucianists.

Only in a few cases, such as this year when the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Industry are indeed short of staff, will special departments be set up to recruit these officials.

The solution Zhou Tieyi and Mei Juncang thought of was to establish this special team to share the proportion of Confucian officials in the court!
Although I don’t know how Zhou Tieyi can be sure that the emperor will agree to this matter, and will be able to implement it smoothly and govern the country well.

But Zhou Tieyi smiled without saying anything. His confidence made everyone believe that he could indeed implement this solution.

The water stains on the rosewood table dried quickly without leaving any traces.

How can Confucianism grasp the "public opinion" of the world? Isn't it because everyone in the world wants to be an official?
Anyone who wants to be an official must learn Confucianism and Law, with Confucianism coming before Law. That’s why people in Daxia have a saying, “Officials are selected through imperial examinations, while clerks are selected through civil service examinations.”

But this is not an eternal rule. On the contrary, it has been verified in Zhou Tieyi's era that people with engineering or agricultural backgrounds can also be good officials. The world will not necessarily be in chaos even if there is no Confucianism or Legalism, provided that the wrong ideas of people are corrected.

That’s why we need to publish newspapers to enlighten people!

The reason why Zhou Tieyi dared to say this in public was that the first thing he had to do was to set goals for his core team. They must know what they want to do so that they can do things well and do them right.

Otherwise, the leader will be confused and seem unfathomable, and his subordinates will be going around in circles in the confusion, and will not be able to accomplish many things in a year or two!

The current small goal is to publish newspapers and enlighten the people, and the big goal is to reform the imperial examinations and change the official system.

He was not afraid that the Confucians would hear this.

Because no matter whether I do these two things or not, Confucianism has already regarded me as a thorn in their side and is ready to take action.

And this is an open conspiracy.

Including the newspaper he founded, as long as it showed signs of success, Confucians would definitely imitate it. However, he had also prepared a pit, waiting for the Confucians to step in.

Poach his own core members? Zhou Tieyi has too much experience in dealing with this situation. He only hides the methods that can really make a fatal blow when he is not paying attention.

At that time, even if Confucianists copied their own methods, it would be counterproductive and would accelerate the awakening of people's wisdom.

At worst, if Zhou Tieyi can't manipulate public opinion, then you Confucians should not manipulate public opinion either!

Everyone knows how Confucianism controls the way of speaking, but no one has ever been able to challenge the authority of Confucianism because they have calculations in their hearts and want to hold the knife of public opinion in their own hands.

After experiencing the impact of the information age, Zhou Tieyi has long understood that manipulating public opinion is only a temporary and opportunistic move. If done too many times, it will backfire.

Leaving a legend in the world and letting the people always remember the best of you is the real long-term strategy.

After talking about the action plan, Zhou Tieyi didn't talk about business anymore.

The outline can be told to all subordinates, but the action steps have to be told one by one. When they are broken down, each person only gets a part, and only you know the overall steps. This is the art of controlling subordinates.

Zhou Tieyi began to teach his apprentices.

"Jun Cang, I actually wanted to put you in the God Execution Division."

Mei Juncang understood this sentence and nodded slightly.

Zhou Tieyi originally could not follow his own path of being a cruel official, but being a cruel official was a necessary stage in the development of the current situation in the court.

Don't think that the emperor seems to have won a small victory now. That's because he has assumed half of the responsibility of the cruel official, otherwise who would dare to destroy their family?

However, since I don't plan to take this path, I naturally need a replacement candidate.

The original candidate was Mei Juncang.

What do Confucians fear most?
Aren’t they just afraid that the sages in their own family will teach a cruel official of the Legalist school?
Wasn't it because Xunzi's theory of human nature being evil was too practical and taught Han Fei and Li Si, the two ancestors of cruel officials, that Xunzi was dragged down from the sage position of Confucianism?
If Zhou Tieyi teaches Mei Juncang to be a cruel official, on the one hand he can consolidate power in the God-Slaying Division, and on the other hand it can also be used as the final move to break Mei Qingchen's mind.

Once this move is made, Mei Qingchen, the big dragon, will definitely be killed.

But later on, he thought that Mei Juncang could still be taught well, and he should do less bad things.

Of course, he couldn't just ignore the affairs of the God-Slaying Division, so Shentu Yuan handed in his pledge of allegiance that night, which allowed him to be half a cruel official.

The reason why I said half is that, on the one hand, Shentu Yuan does not have the IQ to be a complete cruel official, and on the other hand, he always has to leave room for the emperor's people.

The highest good is like water; not contending is the greatest contending.

"You will be the chief editor of the Tianjing Newspaper."

"is teacher."

Mei Juncang bowed respectfully without complaint.

Then, Zhou Tieyi smiled and looked at Wu Qian, "Go and get the set of The Great Xia Tian Constitution with Si Lu's personal annotations from my study. Jun Cang and you both need to learn the law, so you two can exchange ideas and move to the empty courtyard of the Zhou Mansion to live together. When I'm free, we can teach together."

Mei Juncang did not look down on Wu Qian because he was just a minor official. He bowed to Wu Qian and said, "Hello, Mr. Wu."

Wu Qian hurriedly returned the gift, almost letting his sleeves brush the tea table. Facing Mei Juncang's eyes that could see through people's hearts, he felt as if he was by Zhou Tieyi's side every moment.

Suddenly, he remembered that Zhou Tieyi said there was someone who "scared" him and wanted him to work with him. Could this person be Mei Juncang?
Zhou Tieyi looked at the scene with a smile and said nothing.

Wu Qian is the least qualified here, but if he learns from good people and is trained seriously, he can also become a great man.

At this time, a servant came with a message saying that someone from the palace had arrived and brought an imperial decree, asking them to hurry and receive it.

Zhou Tieyi poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, then stood up and said with a smile, "That's really fast."

Hu Wenlang watched this scene quietly, and his fear of Zhou Tieyi grew even more. He could predict every step. Could such a person really exist?
An incense table had been set up in the main hall of the Zhou Mansion. This time it was a formal imperial edict, and the one who delivered it was Feng Zikuan, the eunuch in charge of the palace's Internal Affairs Department.

"God-Slaying Division Chief Zhou Tieyi received the order."

"My lord, accept the order."

"In the fourth month of the spring of the first year of Taihe, the Emperor, by the Mandate of Heaven, proclaimed the following."

"The countermeasures proposed by Zhou Tieyi, the general flag of the God-Slaying Division, are indeed good ones. We should promote them widely. Let Zhou Tieyi run the Tianjing Newspaper, and let Feng Zikuan, the eunuch in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, supervise it. I hope you will work diligently and live up to my expectations."

"Your Majesty, please accept the order and thank me."

Zhou Tieyi stood up and respectfully took the imperial edict with five-colored patterns. After closing it, the servant immediately handed him a precious golden nanmu box, put it in the box, and found a special place to display it.

(End of this chapter)