Weiyang sighed and said to Xiangli Zhu: "Just tell me whether the elixir of longevity can be made, and whether Huaiguzi can survive."
Xianglizhu said: "It is probably possible for man to conquer nature."
"Even if you can't do it, you still can if you want to keep the banished immortal alive. Your Majesty will probably be old enough when he discovers that the elixir is a scam."
"The banished immortal only needs to flee far away without being found. When Master Fu Yao becomes emperor, won't he be able to pardon the banished immortal?"
Weiyang nodded.
But she was still worried.
Having said that, will Fu Yao really forgive Huai Guzi?
The throne is a very magical thing. How many people are one thing before becoming emperor and another after becoming emperor?
Weiyang sighed and said to Xiangli Zhu: "Everything must be done as early as possible. It is better to be one step early than one step late. You should prepare now. Prepare for the future when Huai Guzi cannot develop the elixir of longevity. What escape options does he have? What should he do? Take these roads.”
Xianglizhu nodded. He said to Weiyang: "Princess, don't worry, I'm not sure about researching the elixir of life, but I'm pretty sure about how to stay anonymous and how to escape."
Weiyang: "..."
Okay, you are indeed quite experienced in this matter.
Xiangli Zhu went to prepare in a hurry. Li Shui was in a wheelchair again and lazily found Li Xin.
Li Xin asked curiously: "Miss Zhu came to you in a hurry just now. What happened?"
Li Shui sighed and said, "It's nothing."
Li Xin said in confusion: "What's the matter with nothing?"
Li Shui thought for a moment and said, "This is embarrassing to say. Xiangli Zhu discovered the secret of resurrection."
Li Xin said in surprise: "This is a big deal. How can you say it's nothing?"
Li Shui said: "Let me give you an analogy. For example, we are going to the Moon Palace, so we plan to recruit all the craftsmen in the world, cut down all the trees in the world, and make an extremely huge ladder."
"This ladder needs to be very long, long enough to go all the way to the Moon Palace."
Li Xin hummed and said, "What next?"
Li Shui said: "Then we found that it was better to use poplar trees."
Li Xin glared: "No more?"
Li Shui hummed: "No, Xiangli Zhu's research ends here for the time being."
Li Xin glanced at Li Shui sympathetically: "Brother Huai, I apologize and accept the change."
Then he shook his head again: "No, I should say this to Princess Weiyang."
Li Shui: "..."
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"Brother Wang, although we have made a lot of money recently, I feel very uneasy." Feng Queli said quietly.
Wang Wan glanced at Feng Quli and asked in confusion: "Not practical? What's so unreliable?"
Feng Quili said: "Although I no longer have an official position, it does not mean that I have no dignity. These days, I am like a clown, jumping up and down all the time. It is really embarrassing."
Wang Wan laughed and said, "Brother Feng, you are a public figure now. This is the life of a public figure."
Feng Quili: "...Is there any other idea?"
Wang Wan said: "This is natural. If you don't believe me, read this report."
Wang Wan handed Feng Quli a newspaper.
Feng Quli opened it and looked at the person, then fell silent.
This is a tabloid, a tabloid without publishing rights, printed secretly, and then distributed on the street.
If you are caught, you will be fined, and if you are not caught, you will make money.
Now the newspapers are printing scandals about the Liu brothers.
The content was simply unsightly. Why did the Liu brothers have a foster mother who was ten years older than Liu Ji. Liu Ji would often visit the house and stay overnight.
Now Liu Ji has another younger brother. The older this younger brother is, the more he looks like Liu Ji. However, Liu Ji's old father passed away the year before last.
After Feng Quli read the newspaper, he put it down silently, and then said to Wang Wan: "This...the content in this is false, right?"
Wang Wan smiled slightly: "Of course it's fake, but some people are willing to believe it. This is a public figure. Do you think that meal is so delicious?"
"Why do you stand there for a while and earn tens of thousands of dollars? Why do farmers have to work hard in the fields for a year?"
"Since you chose money, you have nothing to say and you have to endure being scolded."
Feng Quli: "..."
He was silent for a while, then nodded.
He also needs money. For him now, money is more important than face.
It doesn't matter if you lose your face. As long as you have money, are you still afraid that you won't be able to regain your face?
If you lose money because of your face...there will be many more embarrassing days in the future.
Feng Quili sighed and said to Wang Wan, "Brother Wang, what should we do next?"
Wang Wan said: "Next, I will have people spread some news in the city, saying that a young lady from the courtier's family has taken a fancy to you and wants to marry you."
Feng Quli was shocked: "I didn't do that."
Wang Wan said: "Of course I know you didn't do this, but if you do this, won't your popularity be heated up?"
"As soon as the popularity picks up, are we still worried about lack of sales for our breeding and clothing production?"
Feng Quili said: "Having said that, won't my reputation be ruined?"
Wang Wan said with some resentment: "Master Feng, didn't I just say that? In this case, what is reputation?"
Feng Quili frowned: "Yes, yes, this does make some sense, but... I can tolerate others spreading rumors about me. Why do I still want to tarnish my reputation?"
Wang Wan said: "Master Feng, this is your fault. After you have tarnished your reputation, you can still stand up and speak righteously."
"You can rebuke those people seriously, saying that you have no intention of getting married, and then reprimand them again and say that some public figures also have privacy."
"In this way, everyone will feel sorry for you and sympathize with you. They will buy our things and support us."
Feng Quili said: "It turns out that it can still be like this. But... isn't this too despicable? Isn't this a lie?"
Wang Wan said: "One is willing to fight, and the other is willing to suffer. As long as our things are genuine, we can make up for them."
Feng Quli made a sound.
So, two days later, a tabloid suddenly appeared on the market.
The tabloid is also an illegal publication and was actually printed by Wang Wan's small workshop.
This thing is sold very cheaply, a penny a piece.
The content is exciting.
In addition to news about celebrities in Xianyang City, they often also publish some pictures that are not yet on the table, and even more attractive to men.
So it sells very well.
Many idle people bought such tabloids and read them eagerly.
After reading this, these people started laughing: "I didn't expect that, I never expected that the imperial censor would be such a person, and he would actually get married. Tsk, tsk, tsk, it turns out that after these courtiers fell into despair, they also... We’re pretty much the same.”
And this tabloid was also placed on Feng Quli's desk.
Feng Quli took one look and sighed.
Feng Quli had already known about the content in the tabloid that slandered Feng Quli, so he had no reaction.
The key is...the key is whether the other pages of this tabloid are a little too popular.
Feng Quili said to Wang Wan: "Prime Minister, aren't you afraid of being found out? If this is found out, it would be too embarrassing."
Wang Wan smiled slightly and said, "It doesn't matter, we won't check it now."
Feng Quili asked curiously: "Why?"
Wang Wan said: "Were the black coal mines investigated at the beginning?"
Feng Quli shook his head.
Wang Wan said: "The trend of mining had just begun. Just relying on a few regular coal mines could not supply enough. So the imperial court turned a blind eye."
"They have acquiesced in black coal mines. Now, there are more and more formal coal mines, and coal mines are getting bigger and bigger, so they need to be regulated."
"And those black coal mines are the targets of regulation."
"The same principle applies to newspapers now. The imperial court likes newspapers, especially the Immortals, who believe that newspapers can circulate information."
"But one or two newspapers were simply not enough, so various tabloids emerged. At this time, they acquiesced. When the market matures and they have studied the pros and cons, they will ban tabloids."
"But by then, we will have already made enough money and are ready to start a real business."
Feng Quli said, "Is that so?"
He looked at Wang Wan with some admiration: "Brother Wang is worthy of being the prime minister. I admire you, I admire you."
Wang Wan waved her hand and said with a wry smile: "It's okay not to mention those past events."
Feng Quili nodded: "Yes, don't mention it."
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"Master Li, congratulations, you finally became the prime minister." Xiao Yi looked at Li Si and said with a smile.
Li Si coughed dryly: "Thank you very much."
Li Si came to the palace today to meet the Holy Spirit, and Xiao Yi was responsible for guiding him.
Li Si should have been very happy to be congratulated for becoming prime minister.
But... I don't know why, Li Si always feels weird in his heart.
Maybe it's because... the word prime minister is really not a good word nowadays.
Ever since Wang Wan and Feng Quli got into trouble one after another, there were rumors that the Prime Minister was an ominous thing.
Li Si breathed a long sigh of relief and thought to himself: Hold on, I must not let anyone laugh at you.
Ying Zheng was sitting in the study, reviewing the memorial.
As an emperor through the ages, Ying Zheng's self-control is amazing.
Now Huaiguzi has produced all kinds of weird gadgets, but if Ying Zheng can resist reading them, he will definitely finish reviewing the memorial and then read the newspaper.
Now that he had read the last memorial, Ying Zheng picked up a general tabloid and planned to change his mind.
At this time, the little eunuch guarding the door said: "Your Majesty, the prime minister is here."
Ying Zheng looked at the newspaper without raising his head and said calmly: "Let him in."
The little eunuch agreed.
Later, Li Si was called in.
Ying Zheng asked calmly: "What's the matter?"
Li Si said: "Nowadays, some unnumbered newspapers have appeared in Xianyang City. After reading them, I felt that they were unsightly and should be banned, so I came here to ask your Majesty to take a look."
Ying Zheng nodded and said, "Bring it up."
Li Si responded and handed over the newspaper.
Ying Zheng opened the newspaper, read it, and then smiled: "This newspaper is really diverse, it has everything."
Li Si said: "Yes. I don't know who the owner of this newspaper is, spreading rumors to the nobles in Xianyang City."
Ying Zheng said: "However, the person who spread the rumors is quite measured and did not spread the rumors to me."
Li Si thought to himself: He was wondering, does he have the courage?
Li Sigan laughed and said to Ying Zheng: "How dare those young men dare to offend Tian Yan."
Ying Zheng nodded slightly.
Li Si added: "Then...what should we do about these rumormongers?"
Ying Zheng said: "Don't alert the enemy first. Send someone secretly to find out who is behind this newspaper."
Li Si agreed and then hurried away.
After Li Si left, Ying Zheng opened the tabloids again and read them.
After looking at it for a while, he thought about it and called Li Shui to the palace again.
Ying Zheng said to Li Shui: "Nowadays, Xianyang City is getting more and more chaotic. Many unknown tabloids have appeared, and the content of the reports is even more messy. How do you explain it?"
Li Shui coughed dryly and said to Ying Zheng: "The simplest place in the world is the desert. The endless yellow sand stretches as far as the eye can see. There is no grass growing in it, and there is nothing."
"And the most complicated place is the forest. The dead branches and leaves are several inches thick, there are towering trees, weeds, mushrooms, and countless wild beasts."
"However, what use are those simple places to our Great Qin? What is really useful are those complicated places. The more complicated the places, the more products they can have."
Ying Zheng nodded slowly: "What you said makes some sense."
He flashed the newspaper in his hand and said to Li Shui, "Yes, do we have to ignore these things?"
Li Shui said: "The common people are enthusiastic about running newspapers. It is not appropriate to crack down too much at this time. We can publish a special newspaper called the Rumor Refutation Newspaper."
"This newspaper uses a rigorous attitude and detailed data to refute these tabloids. As time goes by, people will naturally know that these tabloids are not trustworthy. And we can take advantage of this opportunity to make a lot of money."
Ying Zheng: "..."
He looked at Li Shui speechlessly: "Why do you think everything you say is about making money?"
Li Shuigan laughed and said, "Only when we have money can we help the common people."
"Besides that, we can actually create a tabloid to report on these things that are not on the table."
"Firstly, it can increase income. Secondly, it can seize the market of those tabloids. Thirdly, those courtiers are worried about being embarrassed and will not dare to do anything wrong in the future. Killing three birds with one stone, isn't it beautiful?"
Ying Zheng thought for a while, then nodded in agreement.
