Royal Gold Medal County Magistrate

"Yes... You're right! But how can I believe that Captain Wang is also such a person! He's a hero!" Li Yuanzhao clutched his hair in anguish.

The truth was staring him in the face, but it was truly hard to accept.

Fang Zheng Yi could understand that feeling, and even felt it more intensely, although the nature was slightly different.

For the first year after transmigrating, he fantasized every day, hoping that one day he would open his eyes and be back home, even if he woke up as a vegetable in a hospital bed.

Even a 'ding' in his brain would have been enough!

But in the end, nothing happened! He relied on the tenacious vitality of an old office worker to survive!

Li Yuanzhao was now displaying a level of disappointment that Fang Zheng Yi had never seen before.

For the usually carefree Crown Prince to be in such a state of distress showed the weight of his responsibility. Fang Zheng Yi couldn't help but feel a little sympathetic and comforted him, "Your Highness, good people aren't necessarily incapable of doing bad things, and bad people aren't necessarily incapable of doing good things. The world isn't black and white, and it's difficult to see clearly with just your eyes."

"Take you for example! Aren't there many old ministers in the court who think you're indulging in pleasure and neglecting your duties? But in my eyes, you're an innocent and patriotic young man. Your Highness's level of awareness already surpasses many people!"

After a wave of flattery, Li Yuanzhao raised his head, gnashing his teeth, "That damned Captain Wang was just pretending! The disaster relief must have been fake too! He even dared to deceive me. I'll find someone to kill him right now!"

Great! All that was for nothing, he didn't listen to a single word!

As soon as Li Yuanzhao finished speaking, he got up and was about to run out. Seeing that he was about to dash out the door, Fang Zheng Yi quickly grabbed him and pulled him back.

A group of reporters outside the door were peeking and observing the two of them.

Seeing this, Fang Zheng Yi raised his voice and scolded, "What are you looking at! Get to work! Don't you have enough to do?!"

The reporters quickly lowered their heads and continued to work at their desks, but their ears perked up.

Li Yuanzhao was currently like an angry lion, his hair slightly disheveled, "Lao Fang! Why did you pull me back! I'm going to teach that beast a lesson!"

Fang Zheng Yi took a deep breath and said helplessly, "Your Highness, Captain Wang did indeed provide disaster relief. Everyone saw that."

"You can't deny the good he did just because he did something wrong."

"Besides, even if you're going to punish him, you should punish the others as well. What's the point of just targeting him?"

Li Yuanzhao sneered, "Impossible, I don't believe anything he does now. How could such a scumbag go and save people!"

"Are you saying that everything recorded on this paper is fake?!"

Seeing that he was determined to kill Captain Wang, Fang Zheng Yi immediately felt that he had overstimulated him.

Pulling Li Yuanzhao, he pressed him back into his seat and said earnestly, "Your Highness."

"Human nature is contradictory. You don't know how much pretense there is in sincerity, how much baseness there is in nobility, or that virtue can be found even in evil."

"Pettyness and generosity, hatred and love, good and evil can coexist in the same heart."

"The world is actually gray... Can you guarantee that there are no evil thoughts in your heart?"

"I remember Your Highness telling me personally that letting the people speak wouldn't cause the sky to fall. Now, Your Highness believes that the people don't understand your good intentions and personally blocked the people's mouths by not allowing the newspaper to expose the evil deeds of the Sanitation Team! How do you explain that?"

"The matter started with you. Or are you going to blame it all on others?"

A flush gradually rose on Li Yuanzhao's face. He moved his lips slightly but didn't speak.

Fang Zheng Yi continued sternly, "This matter definitely couldn't have been influenced by Captain Wang alone."

"Now that this matter has spread to the court, not to mention the damage to Your Highness's reputation, the important thing is how to compensate those affected people and how to deal with the Sanitation Team in the future."

"Your Highness, think carefully. You can think here or go back to the East Palace. Once you've thought it through, I'll accompany you to deal with it."

A hint of bitterness appeared in Li Yuanzhao's eyes. He raised his eyes and glanced at Fang Zheng Yi, but immediately looked away when he saw that he was still staring at him.

At that moment, he inexplicably felt a trace of the majesty that only Emperor Jing could bring him from Fang Zheng Yi.

He lowered his head and said softly, "I... I'm going back to the East Palace..."

After speaking, he lowered his head and fled the newspaper office as if he were running for his life.

Seeing him leave, Fang Zheng Yi also breathed a sigh of relief and slumped back in his chair.

Educating the Crown Prince was not easy, he was afraid that he would go astray.

He was in the formative period of his values, and he had to take care of his self-esteem while helping him sort out his values. It was exhausting!

While he was resting, Shen Yi walked in, followed by several reporters who were peeking and didn't know what they were going to do.

Fang Zheng Yi immediately frowned and said, "What are you doing here if you're not working! Do you really have nothing to do?!"

Although he had money! But the employees couldn't be lazy! This was eating his flesh!

Shen Yi stepped forward and asked tentatively, "Master Fang, we think what you said just now was so good, we've all written it down. Can we excerpt a few paragraphs and publish them in the newspaper...?"

Huh?

Fang Zheng Yi immediately showed a look of joy, but quickly concealed it.

He pretended to be serious and said, "What's so good about those few sentences! If you want to publish something, I'll say a few more!"

The reporters immediately showed smiling faces and picked up their pens and paper!

Fang Zheng Yi coughed a few times and said loudly, "Everyone, listen carefully!"

"Genius is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent perspiration."

"Oh! Good, good, well said!" The reporters hurriedly offered their flattery.

Fang Zheng Yi was delighted, and the corners of his mouth almost couldn't hold back. He continued loudly, "If I have seen further, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of giants!"

"To be or not to be, that is the question!"

"The most precious thing a person has is life, and life only comes once for a person. A person's life should be spent like this: when he looks back on the past, he will not regret wasting his life and accomplishing nothing, nor will he feel ashamed for being base and living a vulgar life."

"Books are the gateway to the soul..."

The reporters scribbled away, while constantly savoring the plagiarist's famous quotes.

After more than twenty quotes in a row, Fang Zheng Yi was satisfied. With these, his good name would be passed down to future generations, no problem!

He couldn't write poetry himself, firstly because he couldn't remember it, and secondly because reciting poetry had a rhythm, and others could see through it at a glance if he spoke dryly.

The third point was the most embarrassing! Every time someone wanted to explain and analyze it, what was there to explain... I could even lose points on fill-in-the-blanks in my college entrance examination Chinese, let alone analyze it......

Today, he would use some famous quotes, which he remembered relatively well! He also benefited from the fact that office workers often needed chicken soup to nourish themselves, so he hadn't neglected his studies even after graduation.

After a series of famous quotes, the reporters were also satisfied.

Master Fang had too much stuff in his stomach! Although they were all plain words, they were meaningful and rewarding!

The crowd thanked him and turned to leave, but Fang Zheng Yi's voice rang out behind them: "Wait, you can't leave yet."

Shen Yi and the others turned their heads and looked at Fang Zheng Yi in confusion.

They saw Fang Zheng Yi with a serious expression: "Do you think I came here today to talk to the Crown Prince about the Sanitation Team?"

"What I really came to talk about today is you!"

A look of worry immediately flashed in the eyes of the reporters.

What was wrong with them? Hadn't they been performing well all along? Were they going to have their wages deducted?

"The Sanitation Team has been causing trouble for so long! Why hasn't it been reported! Is it just because the Crown Prince wouldn't let you speak?!"

"Look at what's printed on the wall of the newspaper office! To establish destiny for the people! This is the purpose of our Banshan Newspaper Office, and also the foundation of the newspaper office. What are you thinking? Have you forgotten?!"

"You are the mouthpiece of the people, not the mouthpiece of power! Power doesn't need you to whitewash it, they will whitewash themselves! The imperial court has its own newspapers!"

"Why didn't you argue with the Crown Prince when he made unreasonable demands! Even if he didn't listen, you should have died... or you could have resigned! You're all scholars, are you still afraid of not being able to eat! What's more, the Crown Prince is benevolent and not an unreasonable person!"

Originally, he wanted to say die in protest, but after thinking about it, he couldn't do it himself, so Fang Zheng Yi made a timely turn....

The reporters lowered their heads in shame upon hearing this.

Fang Zheng Yi said with heartache, "I originally thought you were all courageous people. You are almost the only channel for the people to speak out!! It is your duty to not fear the powerful and not be afraid of hardship! Now, you have disappointed me so much!"

"What are you afraid of! Are you afraid that someone will persecute you! If the sky falls, I'll hold it up for you!!"

"With your like, you still want to participate in the imperial examination, I think you should just not participate! Lest you collude with the powerful and become partners in crime in the future!"

Speaking of this, Fang Zheng Yi was indeed a little carried away.

He really did have some idealism about the newspaper office, although he had personally witnessed the subsequent evolution of the newspaper industry.

Those reporters who insisted on ideals and justice and conducted on-the-spot investigations suffered various persecutions and did not achieve good results.

As a result, they gradually disappeared or evolved into mouthpieces.

But it wasn't like that now! A new industry was rising, it should be full of vitality, it should be its original appearance.

Many people were sweating profusely and gritting their teeth after being reprimanded like this.

The truth was just like that. The Banshan Newspaper Office mainly spoke for the people and reported various problems.

Originally, they wanted to report the problems of the Sanitation Team, but when the Crown Prince said something, everyone didn't even think about it and directly didn't report it.

It would have been fine if no one mentioned it, but when Fang Zheng Yi spoke so harshly, people immediately felt ashamed.

Shen Yi stammered, "Master Fang... We were wrong... We will reflect and publish it tomorrow."

"Reflect! ?" Fang Zheng Yi raised his voice: "What's the use of reflecting! You could have nipped the flames of crime in the bud, but now the fire has already started! The people have already suffered! You're telling me you're reflecting?"

"You want to publish it now to remedy the situation, it's too late! Justice delayed is like a fart!"

"Starting today! Until the end of next month, everyone must work overtime for two hours every day! There will be no bonuses for the next two months!"

"Oh, those participating in the imperial examination don't need to work overtime."

The reporters breathed a sigh of relief and replied in unison: "Thank you, Lord Fang!"

Another expense saved... Fang Zheng-yi secretly chuckled to himself.

The crowd dispersed, but Shen Yi didn't leave. Instead, he approached Fang Zheng-yi with paper and pen, and whispered: "Lord Fang, are you still publishing that article you wrote, 'Ode to His Majesty - We, the Servants'? Wouldn't that be considered glorifying the powerful...?"

Upon hearing this, Fang Zheng-yi was immediately stunned!

He looked at Shen Yi with a strange expression, his face turning green and white.

Are you trying to pick a fight! Trying to disgust me?

However, seeing the sincerity in his eyes, it didn't seem like he was mocking him. He stomped his foot and gritted his teeth, saying: "Publish it! Why wouldn't I publish it? That's my column! Can sincere emotion be considered glorifying the powerful? Besides, that's His Majesty!"

"Hurry up and get to work! You're the only one who talks so much! Call Xie Xian over here for me!"

Shen Yi covered his mouth and slipped away. Not long after, Xie Xian appeared in the room.

"Old Xie, in a couple of days, I'll be supervising the upcoming provincial examination. How are our reporters preparing?"

Xie Xian hesitated for a moment: "They're preparing very well..."

"Hmm!?"

Xie Xian smiled awkwardly: "Well... the little books we prepared... have all been moved to the East Palace by the Crown Prince! Should we prepare another batch?"

Crap!?

Fang Zheng-yi's face lengthened.

He didn't expect the problem to lie with the Crown Prince. That old weeb actually took the little yellow books home!

"Forget it! It's all fate. Let them focus on preparing for the exam. Improve the food in the cafeteria. The day before the exam, help them prepare everything they need in advance, so they don't have to prepare it themselves."

Xie Xian's face immediately lit up with joy. He was extremely unwilling to make things difficult for those scholars taking the imperial examination.

After all, this is a major event that affects their entire lives!

"Sir, aren't you going to try to force them to stay?"

"Stay! Why wouldn't I want them to stay when the newspaper office is short on people? However, now I can only use sincerity to win their hearts!"

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