Chapter 48-Wei Zheng Being Blinded
Luo Binwang's actions were very agile. With the financial support of Cheng Chuwen, he set up the printing workshop in just three days and officially started work.
Then, he would use five days to print the 500 books that Old Doctor Sun needed.
Five hundred books printed in five days would not have been a problem in the future, and a factory of such efficiency might have even gone bankrupt. But in the Great Tang, this was a major event.
Many famous Confucians heard the news and rushed to the printing workshop.
In addition, there were many people who found the Cheng Residence, such as Wei Zheng.
Wei Zheng was famous for being a sharpshooter in history. When he was alive, he was indeed very famous. Even Li Shiming had given him a lot of challenges, but in the end, Li Shiming had admitted defeat.
However, after his death, he was dug out of the tomb.
However, Wei Zheng was still alive, and no one dared to provoke him.
When the butler of the Cheng family heard that Wei Zheng was looking for Cheng Chuwen, he did not dare to hesitate. He immediately ran to the door of Cheng Chuwen's small courtyard to report and then led Wei Zheng in.
Seeing Cheng Chuwen, Wei Zheng went straight to the point."General Ding Yuan, I would like your help in printing some books for the Imperial Censorate.”
Cheng Chuwen looked at Wei Zheng in confusion. He felt that this matter was not so simple. If the Imperial Censorate wanted to print books, they could just send someone to the printing workshop or find Luo Binwang.
There was no need for Wei Zheng to look for Cheng Chuwen.
However, although he was puzzled, Cheng Chuwen still replied," I have already handed this matter over to Luo Binwang. Lord Wei can go directly to the printing workshop to find Luo Binwang.”
"General Ding Yuan has misunderstood my intentions.”
Wei Zheng shook his head and felt a little embarrassed. But in the end, he gritted his teeth and said,"I want to ask General Ding Yuan to help me print it for free.
General Ding Yuan also knew that the current national treasury was not rich, and there was not much money that could be allocated to the Imperial Censorate. They could not take out any extra money to print these books.
However, this batch of books had already reached a point where they had no choice. If they were not printed soon, they might rot. If they wanted to find them in the future, they might not be able to find them.”
After saying these words, Wei Zheng was already embarrassed to look at Cheng Chuwen.
No matter what, he was still a big shot of the Imperial Censorate. Now, he actually had to beg a person who was dozens of years younger than him for a few lousy books. It was really too embarrassing.
Cheng Chuwen also looked at Wei Zheng in surprise. He didn't expect Wei Zheng to have such a request to help the Imperial Censor print a batch of books for free.
In fact, it didn't cost him much to help with the printing, but when he thought of the faces of the officials of the Imperial Censorate, who wanted all the officials in the world to drink plain water while he wanted swallow's nest, he was very unhappy.
Shaking his head, Cheng Chuwen said lightly," Lord Wei, forgive me for being blunt, but I can't do it. Those censors of your Imperial Censorate are filthy rich, but they want me to help you print it for free."”
"Nonsense."
Wei Zheng raised his head and stared at Cheng Chuwen.
As the number one troublemaker of the Great Tang, what he hated the most was people saying that he was corrupt and that his officials were corrupt. He felt that this was the greatest insult to him.
Therefore, when he heard Cheng Chuwen's words, his face immediately darkened and he said coldly,"General Ding Yuan, let me tell you, you have to be responsible for your words. The officials of my Imperial Censorate are all clean and honest, how could they be like what you said?”
Cheng Chuwen didn't care at all and said indifferently,""Of course, I will take responsibility for what I said. As for whether I'm talking nonsense or not, you probably don't know now, but you can check it out.”
Seeing that Wei Zheng was about to go crazy, Cheng Chuwen said,"Right, I can give you a clue. For example, the Moon Feast Restaurant. The girls there are very beautiful and the wine there is very fragrant.”
Wei Zheng had already gone crazy, but he still forced himself to hold back. He snorted coldly and got up from the Cheng Manor.
Cheng Chuwen looked at Wei Zheng's back and felt that Wei Zheng was very cunning at this moment. All the officials of the Imperial Censorate had joined forces to lie to him.
In fact, Cheng Chuwen didn't know what was going on at first. He only found something suspicious when he went to the Lunar Banquet Restaurant last time.
Later, he sent someone to investigate in secret and discovered that the Lunar Banquet Hall was not only a place where scholars liked to show off, but also a place where officials liked to spend the night.
Among the officials who spent the night in the Lunar Banquet Hall, there were officials from the Imperial Censorate.
Cheng Chuwen was shocked. In his mind, the Imperial Censorate was the cleanest place in the Great Tang Imperial Court because their boss was Wei Zheng, and everyone in the Imperial Censorate was a troublemaker.
In the end, he discovered that in the entire Imperial Censorate, only Wei Zheng was a bully. The others were all fake bullies. If there was something good for them, they would carry it. If there was nothing good, they would create something good to carry it.
Not only that, but they also worked together to keep Wei Zheng in the dark, making him think that his Imperial Censorate was the cleanest place in the Great Tang Imperial Court.
Now, he could imagine how crazy Wei Zheng would be when he found out that he had been deceived by so many people. He was afraid that he would argue even more in the future.
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