Chapter 660 - People Are Like Weeds (1/2)
Chapter 660: People Are Like Weeds
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation Editor: EndlessFantasy Translation
“I heard that you went to Prosperous Spring Square, so I knew you would definitely ask chen s Beidou and the rest weren’t arrested They are only being placed under house arrest at Deer Villa!”
House arrest? Yan Liqiang was slightly relieved to hear the words cochen’sBeidou and the rest are pretty much ordinary people or a bunch of artisans at best They normally ensure that their work doesn’t violate any laws So why have they been placed under house arrest?”
“Tell me, are they the ones n ‘The Great Han Times’, or the imperial court?”
“Huh? Why do you ask, my lord?”
“It’s true that you are the founder of ‘The Great Han Times’, but in the end, you have dedicated it to the Emperor Therefore, the imperial court nons the newspaper office is Hence, it speaks for the i Beidou and the rest have been placed under house arrest because they viewed the newspaper office as their own and refused the imperial court’s orders That is why I had them seized, pulled them out from their posts in the newspaper office, and held them captive in Deer Villa…”
“Why… Why would they refuse the i was in disbelief
“The imperial court ordered them to publish an article in the newspaper and they didn’t If this isn’t an act of refusing orders, then what is?” While speaking, Sun Bingchen stood up and went to a bookcase in the study roo, and set them on the table in front of him “These are the articles that were published in ‘The Great Han Times’ after they were removed from the newspaper office and placed under house arrest Before that, they strongly objected to publishi+ng the took the pile of newspapers He was shocked by the headline on the first newspaper: ‘The Stone Turtle of the Spirit Peace River deludes theis nor as the Heavenly Dog devouring the sun’ The next one was ‘Reports fro of irresponsible individuals placing the stone turtle in the river at night,’ followed by ‘Regretting his action, a high official who sold hisdouble the price to buy back his residence…’
Most of the headlines printed on ‘The Great Han Ti these lines They pretty much contradicted the older articles on the birth of the stone turtle As soon as Yan Liqiang took a look at theely made up to delude theBeidou refused to publish such articles, because he clearly knew the consequences that would co had put a lot of effort over the years to create a chance of survival for the citizens in the capital regions before the Heavenly Tribulation would strike Hence, publishi+ng articles like these would be no different than pouring all their previous efforts down the drain The citizens ere initially going to escapethose articles and ultimately lose their lives here
These articles wouldn’t be able to trick smart people, but unfortunately, the anda state’s previous world where the exchange of information was made extremely easy with the existence of the Internet, television, and other media, it was still common for masses to be misled by the media, let alone in this era This was because uish facts and stories They would believe everything they heard Even if they initially doubted certain information, their doubts would eventually be dispelled after the saain by the media Compared to an era where information channels were much more limited, there was no way they would know if the sun was indeed devoured by the Heavenly Dog in Liu Province or if there was a drought in Zhu Province
“My lord Although I spent my days in Gan Province, I heard about the Stone Turtle of the Spirit Peace River too The Heavenly Dog devouring the sun in Liu Province and the drought in Zhu Province had indeed taken place too Why did the imperial court want to publish such articles on ‘The Great Han Tichen in bewilderment
“The imperial court has no choice but to choose the lesser of two evils!” Sun Bingchen sighed
“Huh? But previously I heard that the i the citizens in the capital regions Not only that, but the provinces and prefectures had also been given a quota and instructions to evacuate So why has the situation reversed? The citizens in the capital regions should be leaving by now, but instead, I heard that they need travel passes froion At this rate, they will be sitting ducks if the Heavenly Tribulation strikes…”
“That is right The imperial court has indeed ions However, they had no choice but to stop doing that…” Sun Bingchen had a conflicted look on his face
“Why?”