"I … still don't understand." Dong Wencong was even more confused.
"On the day that the people of Xiang Province who support Jing Province are branded as Xiang Province bandits, when the whole world laughs at Xiang Province for having Xiang Province bandits, that means that many people will pin the crime of breaking and looting on all … Remember, it's all the people who support Jing Province. The people who should have stood up to support Jingguo will step back, keep their mouths shut, and become the silent majority. At the same time, more people will continue to laugh at the Xiangzhou bandits and the people of Xiangzhou who support Jingguo with their actions until all the people of Xiangzhou betray Jingguo. Oh, I forgot that you officials never care about the people. Even if they are branded as Xiangzhou bandits by the spies of Gyeongo because they protect Jingguo, you don't care. It's not a big deal. You guys have more important things to do. "
Fang Yun finished speaking coldly and turned to leave.
Dong Wencong looked at Fang Yun's back with a face full of anxiety. He didn't care about the people of Xiangzhou or the bandits of Xiangzhou, but he could feel the deep disappointment in Fang Yun's tone. This made him feel as if his heart was blocked by a huge rock.
Fang Yun returned to the spring garden through the moon gate. His body also changed from the Moonlight Body to its original body.
"Gather all the officials of the seventh rank and above in Xiangzhou and head to Baling Prefecture. I'm going there today to govern the two prefectures!"
"Yes, sir," Dong Wencong said.
The moon gate closed.
"Men," Fang Yundao said.
The servants of the spring garden quickly ran over. Fang Yun picked up a brush and wrote a letter in a few breaths. He blew the ink with his mouth out of habit, folded it, and put it in an envelope.
"Send this letter to the imperial palace to the Empress Dowager. Tell her that when I return from Xiangzhou, I'll teach the young emperor to read," Fang Yundao said.
"Understood."
Fang Yun ordered his private soldiers to go to the Baling Mansion on their own. Then, he sent some letters to some of his friends in the capital, saying that he was going to Xiang Zhou. Then, he put some necessities into his Sea Swallowing Seashell and flew to Xiang Zhou at a very fast speed.
Kang Ha-chuan and the others who received the letter were stunned. They did not expect Fang Yun to leave just like that.
During the flight, Fang Yun was multitasking. On one hand, he was on guard, and on the other, he was thinking about the matters of Elephant Province. Afterwards, he directly gathered the Elephant Province Gazette from the Notre-Dame for the past fifty years.
The so-called "residence" was the residence of the officials stationed in the capital. These people had to record the major events in the capital and send them back to their respective residences. Thus, there was the Imperial Bulletin. Later on, when the power of the Divine Temple was perfected, the court bulletin became the official publication of the Imperial Court to the officials, recording the affairs of a country or a place.
Jingguo only had one national Imperial Bulletin. However, large countries such as Gyeongo, Shu, and Qi had many people in their provinces. It was difficult for a single national Imperial Bulletin to cover all aspects. In order to better understand the local situation, there were also state Imperial Bulletins.
Fang Yun first took a look at the previous month's Imperial Bulletin and saw an incomparably laughable piece of news.
The beginning of the news read, "Xiang Zhou has lost the position of Qingjiang Trading Company in the second largest market in the Saint Origin Continent. Xi Zhou has returned to second place." Then, the article discussed how Xiang Zhou was not doing well, and how Xi Zhou could improve.
Qingjiang Trading Company was a famous trading company in Gyeongo. It dealt in books, the four treasures of the study, swords, antiques, and literary treasures. The head shopkeeper of Qingjiang Trading Company was not a descendant of an aristocratic family. Although he had some background, his family was only third-rate in Gyeongo.
Of the top ten trading companies in Gyeongo, eight were led by aristocratic families, and one belonged to the royal family of Gyeongo. Qingjiang Trading Company had only been established for fifty years. To be able to be ranked in the top ten, even if many of its businesses did not belong to Qingjiang Trading Company, it was enough to show its strength.
The head shopkeeper of Qingjiang Trading Company was known as Ge Baiwan. As a scholar, he socialized with the upper echelons of Gyeongo and established a large family business. He was one of the most legendary figures in the human race.
Fang Yun had specially read his biography. Although this person's main method of making a fortune was through colluding with officials and merchants, he had to admit that this person was very capable. He was far beyond ordinary people and was an extremely powerful figure.
Fang Yun opened his eyes wide and read it a few times. It was hard to imagine that this Imperial Bulletin was written by someone from Jingguo.
The beginning of the news did not seem like much, but it could be explained in layman's terms: Qingjiang Trading Company could not compete with other trading companies in Xiangzhou and Jingguo. Its income in Xiangzhou was greatly reduced, causing Qingjiang Trading Company's income in Xiangzhou to be ranked third among all the provinces, second only to Gyeongo's Xi Province.
In Jingguo's Xiangzhou Imperial Bulletin, Qingjiang Trading Company was described as a flawless and great trading company. It was not that Gyeongo Trading Company was not good enough, but that the people of Xiangzhou and Xiangzhou were incompetent, resulting in fewer goods being bought by this trading company. As a result, they fell behind Xi Province.
Fang Yun looked at the person who wrote this news and nodded lightly in praise. "What a good bootlicker. I didn't expect Xiangzhou to have such a great talent. If I have the chance, I must meet him and see how a person can be so despicable."
However, Fang Yun's expression was very serious.
For news to appear in Xiangzhou's Imperial Bulletin that belittled Xiangzhou while praising the trading companies of other countries was an extremely serious problem. This was because many officials and people with real power in Xiangzhou would read this Imperial Bulletin. If they read it too much and did not pay attention, they would be affected by this kind of news.
If they knew the truth, normal people would feel that Qingjiang Trading Company was not good enough. However, after reading this news, if most people did not think carefully, they would definitely feel that Xiangzhou was not good enough and that Xiangzhou was not as good as Xi Province.
Fang Yun knew that the person who wrote this news would not be despicable to such an extent. He was deliberately attacking Jingguo. Therefore, even if he encountered something that was not good for Gyeongo, he could still use the Spring and Autumn Annals to write in favor of Gyeongo.
The Divine Temple sent the Imperial Bulletin to Fang Yun's official seal in the form of a letter. Fang Yun sent the letter inside to the literary palace, and then let the Wondrous Book World absorb it and condense it into a series of books called "Xiangzhou Imperial Bulletin".
Every copy of the Xiangzhou court bulletin had tens of thousands of words, and there was a copy every five days. Fang Yun chose the court bulletins from the past fifty years. There were more than three thousand and six hundred copies in total. Fang Yun used only fifteen minutes to quickly go through them. After comparing them, he discovered many interesting things.
Every time a disaster happened in Jingguo, the Xiangzhou Imperial Bulletin would say that it was the wrath of the saints and that it was something that could only happen in the land of evil. However, every time a disaster happened in Gyeongo, the Xiangzhou Imperial Bulletin would immediately pray for the victims of Gyeongo as if their parents had died. They would not mention the wrath of the saints.
Back when Jingguo was weak and was defeated by Gyeongo, the Xiangzhou Imperial Bulletin ridiculed the Jingguo people for being as lazy as snails and not knowing how to work hard. In recent years, when Jingguo rapidly developed and desperately tried to catch up to the powerful countries, the Xiangzhou Imperial Bulletin continued to ridicule them, saying that the people of Jingguo only cared about money and only knew how to become strong, but forgot to have a conscience. The Xiangzhou Imperial Bulletin never said that regardless of whether it was Jingguo or the powerful countries, they could only become strong if they paid a high enough price. There was nothing perfect in the world.
Back then, Jingguo scholars were not strong, so the Xiangzhou Imperial Bulletin ridiculed Jingguo scholars for being incompetent and useless. They deserved to be annexed and humiliated by other countries or demons and barbarians. Now, Jingguo had a Fang Yun who continuously displayed his great strength. The Xiangzhou Imperial Bulletin was sour, saying that no matter how strong Jingguo was, it could not counterattack the demon world anyway. Instead, it would make other countries feel threatened and surprise their allies. It was better to return to the era when other countries felt at ease.
The Xiangzhou Imperial Bulletin never said that it was because of Fang Yun's existence that more Jingguo people were promoted to civil officials and more Jingguo people lived stable lives.
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