Chapter 2387: Publius

Three days later, Qiao An received an article from Rebecca, which was written by her in order to be as objective and neutral as possible, with detailed evidence, to summarize the causes and consequences of the "chaos incident" and clarify the truth.
After reading it, Qiao An felt that every sentence was on his heart, so he wrote back and discussed it with Rebecca.
He thought this was just an ordinary correspondence, and he didn't realize that Rebecca printed this political report into a pamphlet the next day, signed it as "Mr. Publius," cast a spell disguised as a newsboy, and distributed it on the streets of Leiden.
In this era, public expression of political opinions is nothing more than two channels, either in newspapers or distributing leaflets on the streets.
"Brochures" are actually longer flyers, but the printing cost is relatively high, and it is usually not free.
In the inland provinces of the empire, including certain conservative colonies, there are publication censorship agencies. The government does not allow private printing and distribution of leaflets. The supervision of publications involving politics and religion is particularly strict.
However, in the Alfheim colony, especially since the outbreak of the land tax boycott, no restraint measures have been taken on the distribution of leaflets.
Even leaflets that nakedly threaten tea dealers and their families like "alarm bells" can be distributed publicly. Rebecca's political essays are all factual and reasonable. There are no personal attacks, let alone screams, and it should be reasonable. Be treated with tolerance, right?
Unfortunately, this is not the case.
The day after this booklet was distributed, it caused an uproar in the city. The radicals believed that this was the counterattack of the royalists. On the one hand, they organized a pen to write a rebuttal, on the other hand, they privately investigated the true identity of "Mr. Publius" in an attempt to eliminate this abominable enemy in a physical sense.
The "Public Safety Committee" under the Leiden City Council also moved upon hearing the news, sent people to search along the street, retrieved the pamphlet preaching "criticism" and destroyed it immediately. The signatory "Pubulius" is wanted throughout the city.
This farce simply made Qiao An laugh.
The chairman of the parliament, Mr. Jefferson, once wrote a book proclaiming that everyone should enjoy "freedom of speech and press," but the parliament under his presidency does not allow others to express dissent publicly. This is really a lively black humor.
Coincidentally, on the same day that "Pubulius" was hunted down in the city, someone posted on the cloud forum to inquire about the root cause of the turmoil in the Alfheim colony.
Qiao Ann posted Rebecca's article without much consideration, and admitted that he is a native of Leiden Port. Personal experience can prove that the article written by "Mr. Publius" said the sentence true.
The questions he answered on the cloud network were reposted and cited more articles, and he did not take it seriously.
However, the subsequent development of the situation quickly got out of control.
The article posted by Qiao An aroused heated discussions on the cloud network forum. The high popularity quickly attracted the attention of the forum administrators. The next day, the article was recommended to the home page of the "Yunwang News" page and was received by readers from all over the world. Widespread attention, the heated discussion has soared, and most outsiders have taken a critical stance on the "tea pouring incident" that was coerced by smuggling groups.
Readers on the cloud network do not know the true identity behind the nickname "314", but it is not difficult for those interested in Leiden to guess it.
On June 11, a journalist signed by James Callander published an article in a tabloid, naming the visiting scholar Joan Vader of Leiden College, who was named by his name, as the so-called "Publicius." "The running dog of the royalists", "a despicable conspirator and instigator", "trying to distort the truth", and "slandering and vilifying the just actions of the people of Alfheim to resist the tea tax".
This tabloid was not included in Qiao'an's subscription list. It was not until the next morning that he learned from the "SMS" urgently sent by Rebecca that someone had published an article and deducted a lot of unnecessary "hats." ".
Joanne never knew James Callander, nor did he understand how he mistaken "Pubulius" for himself.
As for the insulting and speculative article written by this person, Qiao Ann pinched his nose and threw it into the trash can after reading it, not wanting to waste time aligning with such a villain with the title of "literati".
This incident sounded a wake-up call for him. He immediately cancelled his cloud network nickname and replaced it with a new account, admonishing him to never disclose information in reality on the Internet, so as not to cause such trouble.
At this time, Qiao An's mentality was relatively peaceful, until he walked into the campus and was surprised to find that groups of young students were yelling and protesting against Leiden College's acceptance of "royalist running dogs" in the school.
That's right, "the running dog of the royalist" refers to him Joan Vader.
Just when Qiao An was at a loss, the angry students were no longer satisfied with shouting slogans, picked up sticks and rushed into his office, smashed experimental equipment, and threw his desk out of the window on the third floor. It fell into a mess.
As the culmination of the "Boycott the Royalists in the School" movement, Austrian law students used their whimsical ideas to create a "activated scarecrow" with Qiao'an's name written on the back and tied to the neck with a rope. Leading a scarecrow in a parade on campus.
The students demonstrating raised a fire in the playground, imitating those famous "witch hunts" in the history of the empire, and finally threw the activated scarecrow symbolizing Joan into the pyre and executed the fire.
Qiao An stayed away from the crowd, watching the farce in silence, as if sitting in a theater, watching a funny performance on the stage.
The students who were instigated by the tabloid rumors took his office and the dolls to exasperate. He can understand, who has never been young impulsive?
However, there must be a bottom line in everything. Qiao An hopes that this farce will end. If the avid students try to do something against him or his teachers, relatives and friends, he can no longer bear to give up.
In a secluded corner of the campus, Joan pulled a low cloak and hood, arms crossed, leaning on a big tree to watch the excitement.
Sudden commotion broke out in the center of the troubled crowd. Allen pushed hard to push away from the crowd, his angry face flushed, and Thomas and Edward, who were equally angry, followed behind him.
Regardless of the students' obstruction, the three rushed to the fire to rescue the "Activated Scarecrow" that symbolized Qiao Ann-half of the charred.
Allen raised his voice to refute the slander against JoAnn in the tabloids, trying to clarify the truth and persuade the frantic classmates to calm down.
However, his efforts were meaningless and no one paid any attention. Instead, he put himself in a dangerous situation and was regarded as a "conspirator" accomplice by the angry students, and rushed to siege Alan, Edward and Thomas.
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·Remarks: Publius and Alexander Hamilton
"Publicius" is Alexander Hamilton's pen name.
In my personal opinion, among the many "fathers of the country" in the United States, the most visionary is none other than Hamilton.
In fact, at the beginning of writing this book, I wanted to use Hamilton as the prototype of the protagonist. Although I gave up this original intention (the protagonist’s orphan life is one of the traces of the original design), this does not affect my understanding of the great Alexander. ·Hamilton’s tribute.
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